Re: Fix uninitialized variable access (src/backend/utils/mmgr/freepage.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Mahendra Singh Thalor <mahi6run(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fix uninitialized variable access (src/backend/utils/mmgr/freepage.c)
Date: 2021-08-17 14:27:42
Message-ID: CAEudQArMdeJjbaL5Vs5--3HhZF7qcg2OH0Ea-GnZ-HfLkXET3A@mail.gmail.com
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Em ter., 17 de ago. de 2021 às 10:22, Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422(at)gmail(dot)com>
escreveu:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 9:13 PM Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > If that's conditions happen, all *result.index* touches are garbage.
> >
>
> The patch looks valid to me, as the "index" member is not set in the
> "btp == NULL" case, and so has a junk value in the caller, and it's
> being used to index an array,
> BUT - isn't it also necessary to set the "split_pages" member to 0,
> because it also is not currently being set, and so too will have a
> junk value in this case (and it's possible for it to be referenced by
> the caller in this case).
>
I agree.

Attached new version (v1).

regards,
Ranier Vilela

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