postgresql/src
Tom Lane 564cb2579a Code review for psql's helpSQL() function.
The loops to identify word boundaries could access past the end of
the input string.  Likely that would never result in an actual
crash, but it makes valgrind unhappy.

The logic to try different numbers of words didn't work when the
input has two words but we only have a match to the first, eg
"\h with select".  (We must "continue" the pass loop, not "break".)

The logic to compute nl_count was bizarrely managed, and in at
least two code paths could end up calling PageOutput with
nl_count = 0, resulting in failing to paginate output that should
have been fed to the pager.  Also, in v12 and up, the nl_count
calculation hadn't been updated to account for the addition of a URL.

The PQExpBuffer holding the command syntax details wasn't freed,
resulting in a session-lifespan memory leak.

While here, improve some comments, choose a more descriptive name
for a variable, fix inconsistent datatype choice for another variable.

Per bug #16837 from Alexander Lakhin.  This code is very old,
so back-patch to all supported branches.

Kyotaro Horiguchi and Tom Lane

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16837-479bcd56040c71b3@postgresql.org
2021-01-26 13:04:52 -05:00
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backend Fix broken ruleutils support for function TRANSFORM clauses. 2021-01-25 13:03:11 -05:00
bin Code review for psql's helpSQL() function. 2021-01-26 13:04:52 -05:00
common Replace use of sys_siglist[] with strsignal(). 2020-07-15 22:05:12 -04:00
fe_utils Fix translation of special characters in psql's LaTeX output modes. 2018-11-26 17:32:51 -05:00
include Prevent excess SimpleLruTruncate() deletion. 2021-01-16 12:21:39 -08:00
interfaces Stamp 10.15. 2020-11-09 17:29:52 -05:00
makefiles Select CFLAGS_SL at configure time, not in platform-specific Makefiles. 2019-10-21 12:32:36 -04:00
pl Translation updates 2020-11-09 12:42:39 +01:00
port Stamp 10.15. 2020-11-09 17:29:52 -05:00
template Further tweaking of PG_SYSROOT heuristics for macOS. 2021-01-20 12:07:46 -05:00
test Fix ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES with duplicated objects 2021-01-20 11:39:24 +09:00
timezone Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2021a. 2021-01-24 16:29:48 -05:00
tools Sync our copy of the timezone library with IANA release tzcode2020c. 2020-10-16 21:40:16 -04:00
tutorial Phase 2 of pgindent updates. 2017-06-21 15:19:25 -04:00
.gitignore Convert cvsignore to gitignore, and add .gitignore for build targets. 2010-09-22 12:57:04 +02:00
DEVELOPERS Replace a couple of references to files that no longer exist in the source 2009-05-04 08:08:47 +00:00
Makefile Build src/test/isolation during "make" and "make install". 2017-11-22 20:18:52 -08:00
Makefile.global.in Select CFLAGS_SL at configure time, not in platform-specific Makefiles. 2019-10-21 12:32:36 -04:00
Makefile.shlib makefile: use proper linker flags for C++ compiles 2020-03-31 22:26:11 -04:00
nls-global.mk nls-global.mk: search build dir for source files, too 2016-06-07 18:55:18 -04:00