Re: Fix overflow in pg_size_pretty

On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 at 11:06, Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > + uint64 usize = size < 0 ? (uint64) (-size) : (uint64) size;
>>
>> I think that the explicit test for PG_INT64_MIN is still required. If
>> `size` is equal to PG_INT64_MIN then `-size` will overflow. You end up
>> with the correct behavior if `size` wraps around, but that's only
>> guaranteed on platforms that support the `-fwrapv` flag.
>
> What if we spelt it out the same way as pg_lltoa() does?
>
> i.e: uint64 usize = size < 0 ? 0 - (uint64) size : (uint64) size;

My understanding of pg_lltoa() is that it produces an underflow and
relies wrapping around from 0 to PG_UINT64_MAX. In fact the following
SQL, which relies on pg_lltoa() under the hood, panics with `-ftrapv`
enabled (which panics on underflows and overflows):

    SELECT int8out(-9223372036854775808);

So we should actually probably modify pg_lltoa() to use pg_abs_s64()
too.

Thanks,
Joe Koshakow