pgsql: Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely.

Started by Tom Laneabout 3 years ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely.

fuzzystrmatch's difference() function assumes that _soundex()
always initializes its output buffer fully. This was not so for
the case of a string containing no alphabetic characters, resulting
in unstable output and Valgrind complaints.

Fix by using memset() to fill the whole buffer in the early-exit
case. Also make some cosmetic improvements (I didn't care for the
random switches between "instr[0]" and "*instr" notation).

Report and diagnosis by Alexander Lakhin (bug #17935).
Back-patch to all supported branches.

Discussion: /messages/by-id/17935-b99316aa79c18513@postgresql.org

Branch
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REL_13_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/0409c7fc746b2597edeaab3132d3f3554660283d

Modified Files
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contrib/fuzzystrmatch/expected/fuzzystrmatch.out | 6 ++++++
contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c | 15 ++++++++-------
contrib/fuzzystrmatch/sql/fuzzystrmatch.sql | 1 +
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)