Hi,
On 03/02/2016 03:18 PM, Daniel Verite wrote:
> I wrote:
>
>> postgres=# \copy big2 to /dev/null
>> lost synchronization with server: got message type "d", length -1568669676
>>
>> The backend aborts with the following backtrace:
>>
>> Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
>> #0 0x00007f82ee68e165 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #1 0x00007f82ee6913e0 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #2 0x00007f82ee6c839b in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #3 0x00007f82ee6d1be6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #4 0x00007f82ee6d698c in free () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #5 0x00000000007b5a89 in AllocSetDelete (context=0xffffffffffffffff)
>> at aset.c:643
>> #6 0x00000000007b63e3 in MemoryContextDelete (context=0x1fa58c8) at
>> mcxt.c:229
>> #7 0x000000000055fa25 in CopyTo (cstate=0x1fb1050) at copy.c:1967
>
> The cause of the crash turns out to be, in enlargeStringInfo():
>
> needed += str->len + 1; /* total space required now */
>
> needed is an int and str->len is an int64, so it overflows when the
> size has to grow beyond 2^31 bytes, fails to enlarge the buffer and
> overwrites memory after it.
>
> When fixing it with a local int64 copy of the variable, the backend
> no longer crashes and COPY big2 TO 'file' appears to work.
>
> However, getting it to the client with \copy big2 to 'file'
> still produces the error in psql:
> lost synchronization with server: got message type "d"
> and leaves an empty file, so there are more problems to solve to
> go beyond 2GB text per row.
My guess is this is a problem at the protocol level - the 'd' message is
CopyData, and all the messages use int32 to define length. So if there's
a 2GB row, it's likely to overflow.
regards
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