Re: [BUGFIX] Fix crash due to sizeof bug in RegisterExtensionExplainOption

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX] Fix crash due to sizeof bug in RegisterExtensionExplainOption
Date: 2026-03-03 04:13:11
Message-ID: aaZf11ZWsHALb1Ea@paquier.xyz
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On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 04:39:43AM +0100, Andreas Karlsson wrote:
> Shouldn't the patch have used repalloc_array()? If the code had done so in
> the first place the bug would never have happened.

I was considering that first. However, after looked at the
MemoryContextAlloc() and the inconsistency that repalloc_array() was
bringing, I have turned the thought away.
--
Michael

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