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Fix bogus use of "long" in AllocSetCheck()
authorDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:51:08 +0000 (14:51 +1300)
committerDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:51:08 +0000 (14:51 +1300)
commit7b955c2279f4b485f328a95bf60a3cdf048b6e2d
tree72255ec48666c5929b6e4d94a384b6231c5d5d4b
parentd91620406ae964f75878f0554b6c36afc9dfd8eb
Fix bogus use of "long" in AllocSetCheck()

Because long is 32-bit on 64-bit Windows, it isn't a good datatype to
store the difference between 2 pointers.  The under-sized type could
overflow and lead to scary warnings in MEMORY_CONTEXT_CHECKING builds,
such as:

WARNING:  problem in alloc set ExecutorState: bad single-chunk %p in block %p

However, the problem lies only in the code running the check, not from
an actual memory accounting bug.

Fix by using "Size" instead of "long".  This means using an unsigned
type rather than the previous signed type.  If the block's freeptr was
corrupted, we'd still catch that if the unsigned type wrapped.  Unsigned
allows us to avoid further needless complexities around comparing signed
and unsigned types.

Author: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Backpatch-through: 13
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvo-RmiT4s33J=aC9C_-wPZjOXQ232V-EZFgKftSsNRi4w@mail.gmail.com
src/backend/utils/mmgr/aset.c