Avoid core dump in _outPathInfo() for Path without a parent RelOptInfo.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit d4f5cf5ce510 · 2014-10-17T22:33:07.000-04:00
Nearly all Paths have parents, but a ResultPath representing an empty FROM
clause does not.  Avoid a core dump in such cases.  I believe this is only
a hazard for debugging usage, not for production, else we'd have heard
about it before.  Nonetheless, back-patch to 9.1 where the troublesome code
was introduced.  Noted while poking at bug #11703.
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,10 @@ _outPathInfo(StringInfo str, const Path *node)
 {
 	WRITE_ENUM_FIELD(pathtype, NodeTag);
 	appendStringInfo(str, " :parent_relids ");
-	_outBitmapset(str, node->parent->relids);
+	if (node->parent)
+		_outBitmapset(str, node->parent->relids);
+	else
+		_outBitmapset(str, NULL);
 	appendStringInfo(str, " :required_outer ");
 	if (node->param_info)
 		_outBitmapset(str, node->param_info->ppi_req_outer);
