Re: [17+] check after second call to pg_strnxfrm is too strict, relax it

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [17+] check after second call to pg_strnxfrm is too strict, relax it
Date: 2024-07-30 20:01:00
Message-ID: 81450d84-889d-41f8-8583-5416ddd076a7@iki.fi
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On 30/07/2024 22:31, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I noticed this comment in selfuncs.c regarding strxfrm():
>
> /*
> * Some systems (e.g., glibc) can return a smaller value from the
> * second call than the first; thus the Assert must be <= not ==.
> */
>
> Some callers of pg_strnxfrm() are not allowing for that possibility.
>
> Patch attached, which should be backported to 17.

+1. A comment in the pg_strnxfrm() function itself would be good too.

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Heikki Linnakangas
Neon (https://neon.tech)

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