btree_gin: Fix calculation of leftmost interval value.
authorDean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:14:34 +0000 (11:14 +0000)
committerDean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:14:34 +0000 (11:14 +0000)
commit162b38a0683960c115954694cd7be56dec5bfe33
tree193461e6e8a37a7feafd44f3516600025f120e34
parent5d7515d7d1168a66a34aed7b9f2c9f4e2660e863
btree_gin: Fix calculation of leftmost interval value.

Formerly, the value computed by leftmostvalue_interval() was a long
way short of the minimum possible interval value.  As a result, an
index scan on a GIN index on an interval column with < or <= operators
would miss large negative interval values.

Fix by setting all fields of the leftmost interval to their minimum
values, ensuring that the result is less than any other possible
interval.  Since this only affects index searches, no index rebuild is
necessary.

Back-patch to all supported branches.

Dean Rasheed, reviewed by Heikki Linnakangas.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEZATCV80%2BgOfF8ehNUUfaKBZgZMDfCfL-g1HhWGb6kC3rpDfw%40mail.gmail.com
contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c
contrib/btree_gin/expected/interval.out
contrib/btree_gin/sql/interval.sql