Re: [PATCH] Fix wrong argument to SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED in timestamptz_date

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: Jianghua Yang <yjhjstz@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-03-25T06:16:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 24.03.26 16:44, Jianghua Yang wrote:
>   Hi hackers,
> 
>    I found a small bug in commit e2f289e5b9b ("Make many cast functions 
> error safe").
> 
>    In timestamptz_date(), the SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED() check mistakenly
>    uses fcinfo->args instead of fcinfo->context:
> 
>    result = timestamptz2date_safe(timestamp, fcinfo->context);
>    if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(fcinfo->args))   /* should be fcinfo->context */
>        PG_RETURN_NULL();
> 
>    fcinfo->args is a NullableDatum[] array, not a Node *. The
>    SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED macro casts its argument to Node * and reads
>    the NodeTag field. When given fcinfo->args, it interprets the first
>    argument's Datum value (a TimestampTz) as a NodeTag, which will
>    almost never match T_ErrorSaveContext. This causes the soft error
>    check to always evaluate to false.
> 
>    As a result, when the timestamptz-to-date conversion encounters an
>    overflow in error-safe mode, the function returns a wrong date value
>    instead of the expected NULL.
> 
>    All three sibling functions modified in the same commit (date_timestamp,
>    timestamp_date, date_timestamptz) correctly use fcinfo->context.
>    This appears to be a copy-paste oversight.
> 
>    The fix is a one-line change: fcinfo->args → fcinfo->context.

committed the fix, thanks




Commits

  1. Fix typo

  2. Make many cast functions error safe