pgsql: Fix erroneous hash calculations in gin_extract_jsonb_path().

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix erroneous hash calculations in gin_extract_jsonb_path().
Date: 2015-11-05 23:16:01
Message-ID: E1ZuTlB-0000r4-PF@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix erroneous hash calculations in gin_extract_jsonb_path().

The jsonb_path_ops code calculated hash values inconsistently in some cases
involving nested arrays and objects. This would result in queries possibly
not finding entries that they should find, when using a jsonb_path_ops GIN
index for the search. The problem cases involve JSONB values that contain
both scalars and sub-objects at the same nesting level, for example an
array containing both scalars and sub-arrays. To fix, reset the current
stack->hash after processing each value or sub-object, not before; and
don't try to be cute about the outermost level's initial hash.

Correcting this means that existing jsonb_path_ops indexes may now be
inconsistent with the new hash calculation code. The symptom is the same
--- searches not finding entries they should find --- but the specific
rows affected are likely to be different. Users will need to REINDEX
jsonb_path_ops indexes to make sure that all searches work as expected.

Per bug #13756 from Daniel Cheng. Back-patch to 9.4 where the faulty
logic was introduced.

Branch
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REL9_4_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/788e35ac0bc00489e2b86a930d8c1264100fb94b

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_gin.c | 51 +++++++++++++----------------------
src/test/regress/expected/jsonb.out | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/jsonb.sql | 20 ++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

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