Re: BUG #17151: A SEGV in optimizer

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 8:24 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> > (This passes check-world, but I've not double-checked to make sure
> > that inFromCl will be set in exactly the cases we want.)
>
> After studying the code a bit more, I remembered why my hindbrain
> was feeling uncomfortable about that coding: parsenodes.h says that
> inFromCl is quasi-deprecated and not used anymore during parsing.
>
> However, we can't really use the ParseNamespaceItem data structure
> for this purpose, because baserels should be available to lock
> whether or not they are visible according to join aliasing rules.
> I don't see a lot of point to inventing some complicated add-on
> for this when inFromCl will serve fine. So I think we should just
> adjust the relevant comments, say like the attached.

The patch looks good to me. I've also confirmed that it passed
check-world and fixed the problem.

> We probably need some regression test cases added (I wonder whether
> FOR UPDATE in rule actions is covered at all ATM). Otherwise
> I feel like this is OK to commit.

+1 for adding at least two queries reported on this thread to regression tests.

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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