From: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 18:07:30 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Fix handling Inf and Nan values in GiST pairing heap comparator
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e5d8f3596100da0d38a38513c69e803b7fe7041a;p=postgresql

Fix handling Inf and Nan values in GiST pairing heap comparator

Previously plain float comparison was used in GiST pairing heap.  Such
comparison doesn't provide proper ordering for value sets containing Inf and Nan
values.  This commit fixes that by usage of float8_cmp_internal().  Note, there
is remaining problem with NULL distances, which are represented as Inf in
pairing heap.  It would be fixes in subsequent commit.

Backpatch to all supported versions.

Reported-by: Andrey Borodin
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPpHfdsNvNdA0DBS%2BwMpFrgwT6C3-q50sFVGLSiuWnV3FqOJuQ%40mail.gmail.com
Author: Alexander Korotkov
Reviewed-by: Heikki Linnakangas
Backpatch-through: 9.4
---

diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistscan.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistscan.c
index 893d7765b6..636aa62b68 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistscan.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistscan.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "access/gist_private.h"
 #include "access/gistscan.h"
 #include "access/relscan.h"
+#include "utils/float.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ pairingheap_GISTSearchItem_cmp(const pairingheap_node *a, const pairingheap_node
 	/* Order according to distance comparison */
 	for (i = 0; i < scan->numberOfOrderBys; i++)
 	{
-		if (sa->distances[i] != sb->distances[i])
-			return (sa->distances[i] < sb->distances[i]) ? 1 : -1;
+		int			cmp = -float8_cmp_internal(sa->distances[i], sb->distances[i]);
+
+		if (cmp != 0)
+			return cmp;
 	}
 
 	/* Heap items go before inner pages, to ensure a depth-first search */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out b/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
index c6d575a2f9..117b11a1a6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
@@ -523,16 +523,16 @@ SELECT * FROM point_tbl ORDER BY f1 <-> '0,1';
 SELECT * FROM point_tbl ORDER BY f1 <-> '0,1';
         f1         
 -------------------
- (10,10)
- (NaN,NaN)
  (0,0)
  (1e-300,-1e-300)
  (-3,4)
  (-10,0)
+ (10,10)
  (-5,-12)
  (5.1,34.5)
- 
  (1e+300,Infinity)
+ 
+ (NaN,NaN)
 (10 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
@@ -561,15 +561,15 @@ SELECT * FROM point_tbl WHERE f1 IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f1 <-> '0,1';
 SELECT * FROM point_tbl WHERE f1 IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f1 <-> '0,1';
         f1         
 -------------------
- (10,10)
- (NaN,NaN)
  (0,0)
  (1e-300,-1e-300)
  (-3,4)
  (-10,0)
+ (10,10)
  (-5,-12)
  (5.1,34.5)
  (1e+300,Infinity)
+ (NaN,NaN)
 (9 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)