Be more wary about NULL values for GUC string variables. get_explain_guc_options() crashed if a string GUC marked GUC_EXPLAIN has a NULL boot_val. Nosing around found a couple of other places that seemed insufficiently cautious about NULL string values, although those are likely unreachable in practice. Add some commentary defining the expectations for NULL values of string variables, in hopes of forestalling future additions of more such bugs.
Xing Guo, Aleksander Alekseev, Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/cacpmh+aydx5yuppaagzvwc1d8zfol4jod-uyfdnnsa1z0es...@mail.gmail.com Branch ------ REL_13_STABLE Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/137227c6de6ecdee3b354f685fdbc2354d4a4f44 Modified Files -------------- src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 12 ++++++++++-- src/include/utils/guc_tables.h | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)