Re: BUG #17280: global-buffer-overflow on select from pg_stat_slru

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:39:23AM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote:
> The loop is designed not to directly rely on SRLU_NUM_ELEMENTS so if
> we honor that design, we would take the first or the third way. The
> first way is smallest but I prefer the third way as it is
> straightforward as such kind of loops.  The attached is that for the
> master.
> 
> The code was introduced at 13 and the attached applies to the versions
> back to 13.

Or it would be easier for the reader to assign stat after checking for
the result of pgstat_slru_name(), no?  I am not much a fan of this
code style that uses a counter, FWIW, but at the same time
SLRU_NUM_ELEMENTS is local to pgstat.c, so..
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Michael