Re: btoidsortsupport issue

From: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: btoidsortsupport issue
Date: 2026-08-09 21:06:54
Message-ID: CAApHDvoZRXCYo-Lr4U8--EtF8v=yf03UWeUkEkYgGjH7Mkz6xQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 at 08:19, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> wrote:
> btoidsortsupport() uses ssup_datum_unsigned_cmp() at that commit,
> which compares all 64 bits of each Datum. The test case shows that the
> same oid value can reach the comparator with the extraneous bits
> filled two different ways. Tuple deformation sign-extends every 4-byte
> pass-by-value attribute (see fetch_att() and friends), whereas
> ObjectIdGetDatum() zero-extends instead. This inconsistency makes
> their datums incompatible for ssup_datum_unsigned_cmp's purposes,
> leading to wrong answers in certain narrow cases.

This seems to be a duplicate of [1].

David

[1] https://postgr.es/m/CA+fm-RMyLC94NfrxCh273+dKs44U0ZJjRczznvzvgw=KtpPNVw@mail.gmail.com

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