Re: Running the fdw test from the terminal crashes into the core-dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Alena Rybakina <a(dot)rybakina(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Running the fdw test from the terminal crashes into the core-dump
Date: 2024-02-20 19:48:01
Message-ID: 223330.1708458481@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> The real problem is that a MERGE ... DO NOTHING action reports that no
> permissions need to be checked on the target relation, which is not a
> problem when there are other actions in the MERGE command since they add
> privs to check. When DO NOTHING is the only action, the added assert in
> a61b1f748 is triggered.

> So, this means we can fix this by simply requiring ACL_SELECT privileges
> on a DO NOTHING action. We don't need to request specific privileges on
> any particular column (perminfo->selectedCols continues to be the empty
> set) -- which means that any role that has privileges on *any* column
> would get a pass. If you're doing MERGE with any other action besides
> DO NOTHING, you already have privileges on at least some column, so
> adding ACL_SELECT breaks nothing.

LGTM.

regards, tom lane

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