Re: [sqlsmith] Crash on GUC serialization

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Andreas Seltenreich <seltenreich(at)gmx(dot)de> wrote:
> Michael Paquier writes:
>
>> [2. text/plain; fix-guc-string-eval.patch]
>
> I'm afraid taking care of the length computation is not sufficient.
> ISTM like it'll still try to serialize the NULL pointer later on in
> serialize_variable:
>
> ,----[ guc.c:9108 ]
> | case PGC_STRING:
> | {
> | struct config_string *conf = (struct config_string *) gconf;
> | do_serialize(destptr, maxbytes, "%s", *conf->variable);
> `----

Hm, yes. Using an empty string strikes as being the best match.
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Michael