Upper limit arguments of pg_logical_slot_xxx_changes functions accept invalid values

From: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Upper limit arguments of pg_logical_slot_xxx_changes functions accept invalid values
Date: 2018-07-12 00:58:16
Message-ID: CAD21AoByngb7O=_zdDG_HjZDHtE1W6Ka0mRZJmQLkpzWoFoCkQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

While reading the replication slot codes, I found a wrong assignment
in pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts() function as follows.

if (PG_ARGISNULL(2))
upto_nchanges = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
else
upto_nchanges = PG_GETARG_INT32(2);

Since the upto_nchanges is an integer value we should set 0 meaning
unlimited instead of InvalidXLogRecPtr. Since InvalidXLogRecPtr is
actually 0 this function works fine so far. Also I surprised that
these functions accept to set negative values to upto_nchanges. The
upto_lsn argument is also the same; it also accepts an invalid lsn.
For safety maybe it's better to reject non-NULL invalid values.That
way, the behavior of these functions are consistent with what the
documentation says;

If upto_lsn is non-NULL, decoding will include only those
transactions which commit prior to the specified LSN. If upto_nchanges
is non-NULL, decoding will stop when the number of rows produced by
decoding exceeds the specified value.

Attached patch fixes them. Feedback is very welcome.

Regards,

--
Masahiko Sawada
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center

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fix_logical_slot_changes_funcs.patch application/octet-stream 2.5 KB

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