jsonb_plperl, jsonb_plpython: Fix unguarded recursion and loops.

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: b0f3465b6f6aff7809c54b2587d0a85ec4d8452f
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2026-06-17T15:04:41Z
jsonb_plperl, jsonb_plpython: Fix unguarded recursion and loops.

Add check_stack_depth() to Jsonb_to_SV, SV_to_JsonbValue,
PLyObject_FromJsonbContainer, and PLyObject_ToJsonbValue.  Without
this, deeply nested JSONB values can crash the backend with SIGSEGV
instead of raising a proper error.

Also add CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() to the while loop in SV_to_JsonbValue
that dereferences chains of Perl references, so that a circular
reference (e.g. $x = \$x) can be cancelled by the user instead of
spinning indefinitely.  (We looked at detecting such circular
references, but it seems more trouble than it's worth.)

Author: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@tigerdata.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJ7c6TPbjkzUk4qJ5dHvDNEz0hBuFue3A-XWz_=897z+BC+z8A@mail.gmail.com
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