pgsql: Fix text substring search for non-deterministic collations.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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Subject: pgsql: Fix text substring search for non-deterministic collations.
Date: 2025-12-06 01:10:44
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Fix text substring search for non-deterministic collations.

Due to an off-by-one error, the code failed to find matches at the
end of the haystack. Fix by rewriting the loop.

While at it, fix a comment that claimed that the function could find
a zero-length match. Such a match could send a caller into an endless
loop. However, zero-length matches only make sense with an empty
search string, and that case is explicitly excluded by all callers.
To make sure it stays that way, add an Assert and a comment.

Bug: #19341
Reported-by: Adam Warland <adam(dot)warland(at)infor(dot)com>
Author: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Reviewed-by: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/19341-1d9a22915edfec58@postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 18

Branch
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REL_18_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/18b349315ae7e00261732f514d6c91d713bb77d0

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out | 7 +++++++
src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql | 3 +++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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