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* pgsql: Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.
@ 2026-03-05 19:43 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-03-05 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org

Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.

It looks like whoever wrote the astreamer (nee bbstreamer) code
thought that pg_log_error() is equivalent to elog(ERROR), but
it's not; it just prints a message.  So all these places tried to
continue on after a compression or decompression error return,
with the inevitable result being garbage output and possibly
cascading error messages.  We should use pg_fatal() instead.

These error conditions are probably pretty unlikely in practice,
which no doubt accounts for the lack of field complaints.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1531718.1772644615@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
------
master

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ac0accafd6b6eef1a86a50f42346e1e926505df2

Modified Files
--------------
src/bin/pg_dump/compress_lz4.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c  |  2 +-
src/fe_utils/astreamer_lz4.c   | 20 ++++++++++----------
src/fe_utils/astreamer_zstd.c  | 19 ++++++++-----------
4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)



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* pgsql: Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.
@ 2026-03-05 19:43 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-03-05 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org

Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.

It looks like whoever wrote the astreamer (nee bbstreamer) code
thought that pg_log_error() is equivalent to elog(ERROR), but
it's not; it just prints a message.  So all these places tried to
continue on after a compression or decompression error return,
with the inevitable result being garbage output and possibly
cascading error messages.  We should use pg_fatal() instead.

These error conditions are probably pretty unlikely in practice,
which no doubt accounts for the lack of field complaints.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1531718.1772644615@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
------
REL_18_STABLE

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/a01a592b1193c4a22d897393d664f5888f7a25b5

Modified Files
--------------
src/bin/pg_dump/compress_lz4.c | 13 +++++++++++--
src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c  |  2 +-
src/fe_utils/astreamer_lz4.c   | 20 ++++++++++----------
src/fe_utils/astreamer_zstd.c  | 19 ++++++++-----------
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)



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* pgsql: Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.
@ 2026-03-05 19:43 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-03-05 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org

Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.

It looks like whoever wrote the astreamer (nee bbstreamer) code
thought that pg_log_error() is equivalent to elog(ERROR), but
it's not; it just prints a message.  So all these places tried to
continue on after a compression or decompression error return,
with the inevitable result being garbage output and possibly
cascading error messages.  We should use pg_fatal() instead.

These error conditions are probably pretty unlikely in practice,
which no doubt accounts for the lack of field complaints.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1531718.1772644615@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
------
REL_17_STABLE

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/8b198b093fd2ccc2712f6b5a43665818310698f4

Modified Files
--------------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_gzip.c |  2 +-
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_lz4.c  | 20 ++++++++++----------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_zstd.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
src/bin/pg_dump/compress_lz4.c          | 13 +++++++++++--
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)



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* pgsql: Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.
@ 2026-03-05 19:43 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-03-05 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org

Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.

It looks like whoever wrote the astreamer (nee bbstreamer) code
thought that pg_log_error() is equivalent to elog(ERROR), but
it's not; it just prints a message.  So all these places tried to
continue on after a compression or decompression error return,
with the inevitable result being garbage output and possibly
cascading error messages.  We should use pg_fatal() instead.

These error conditions are probably pretty unlikely in practice,
which no doubt accounts for the lack of field complaints.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1531718.1772644615@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
------
REL_16_STABLE

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/cce939c71c11e9434d96c60977bc805682f3d18d

Modified Files
--------------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_gzip.c |  2 +-
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_lz4.c  | 20 ++++++++++----------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_zstd.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
src/bin/pg_dump/compress_lz4.c          | 13 +++++++++++--
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)



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* pgsql: Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.
@ 2026-03-05 19:43 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-03-05 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org

Exit after fatal errors in client-side compression code.

It looks like whoever wrote the astreamer (nee bbstreamer) code
thought that pg_log_error() is equivalent to elog(ERROR), but
it's not; it just prints a message.  So all these places tried to
continue on after a compression or decompression error return,
with the inevitable result being garbage output and possibly
cascading error messages.  We should use pg_fatal() instead.

These error conditions are probably pretty unlikely in practice,
which no doubt accounts for the lack of field complaints.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1531718.1772644615@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
------
REL_15_STABLE

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/9a42888a32fd2ebc3d8e39bbc450556c326c9db7

Modified Files
--------------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_gzip.c |  2 +-
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_lz4.c  | 20 ++++++++++----------
src/bin/pg_basebackup/bbstreamer_zstd.c | 12 ++++++------
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)



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