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Re: NULL pointer dereference in syslogger with load_libraries() and -DEXEC_BACKEND at startup

Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> — 2026-05-26T11:09:13Z

On 2026-May-26, Michael Paquier wrote:

> This issue is different, it is a Postgres logic bug, so adding an
> exception like the one you are suggesting is just a shortcut hiding
> the real issue: the log file is not ready yet, but the syslogger is
> invoked at a point when it thinks the log file exists.

I think we can solve this easily by flipping a new Boolean value at the
same point were MyBackendType was previously set.  The attached POC
fixes the scenario you described; can you confirm?  It needs some
additional comments, of course.

(There is one more place in elog.c where we check that MyBackendType is
_not_ B_LOGGER, but I think that one is correct as-is; and I'm wondering
if that would behave correctly before 0c8e082fba8d.)

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