Re: Stack overflow issue

On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 9:53 AM Egor Chindyaskin <kyzevan23(at)mail(dot)ru> wrote:
> >
> > > 6 march 2024 г., at 19:17, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The revised set of remaining patches is attached.
> > >
> > > 0001 Turn tail recursion into iteration in CommitTransactionCommand()
> > > I did minor revision of comments and code blocks order to improve the
> > > readability.
> > >
> > > 0002 Avoid stack overflow in ShowTransactionStateRec()
> > > I didn't notice any issues, leave this piece as is.
> > >
> > > 0003 Avoid recursion in MemoryContext functions
> > > I've renamed MemoryContextTraverse() => MemoryContextTraverseNext(),
> > > which I think is a bit more intuitive. Also I fixed
> > > MemoryContextMemConsumed(), which was still trying to use the removed
> > > argument "print" of MemoryContextStatsInternal() function.
> > >
> > > Generally, I think this patchset fixes important stack overflow holes.
> > > It is quite straightforward, clear and the code has a good shape. I'm
> > > going to push this if no objections.
> >
> > I have tested the scripts from message [1]. After applying these patches and Tom Lane’s patch from message [2], all of the above mentioned functions no longer caused the server to crash. I also tried increasing the values in the presented scripts, which also did not lead to server crashes. Thank you!
> > Also, I would like to clarify something. Will fixes from message [3] and others be backported to all other branches, not just the master branch? As far as I remember, Tom Lane made corrections to all branches. For example [4].
> >
> > Links:
> > 1. https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/343ff14f-3060-4f88-9cc6-efdb390185df%40mail.ru
> > 2. https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/386032.1709765547%40sss.pgh.pa.us
> > 3. https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAPpHfduZqAjF%2B7rDRP-RGNHjOXy7nvFROQ0MGS436f8FPY5DpQ%40mail.gmail.com
> > 4. https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=e07ebd4b
>
> Thank you for your feedback!
>
> Initially I didn't intend to backpatch any of these. But on second
> thought with the references you provided, I think we should backpatch
> simple check_stack_depth() checks from d57b7cc333 to all supported
> branches, but apply refactoring of memory contextes and transaction
> commit/abort just to master. Opinions?

I've just backpatched check_stack_depth() checks to all supported branches.

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov