Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 02:32:10PM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> > Now that the dust from the last commitfest is settling, I'll make a second
> > attempt to attract attention for this small bug fix.
> >
> > The original commit was Simon's.
>
> Thanks for the ping.
>
> This was new as of v10, so this cannot be listed as an open item still I
> have added that under the section for older bugs, because you are right
> as far as I can see.
>
> GetConfigOption is wrong by the way, as restrict_superuser means that
> all members of the group pg_read_all_settings can read
> GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY params, and not only superusers, so the comment at
> least needs a fix, the variable ought to be renamed as well.
Thanks for the review!
I agree; here is a patch for that.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
From cfe04ef974dba324c47510b854587de6c33e39a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:13:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix comments and a parameter name
Commit 25fff40798fc4ac11a241bfd9ab0c45c085e2212 changed the semantics
of GetConfigOption, but did not update the comment.
Also, the parameter name should better be changed.
Noted by Michael Paquier.
---
src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 10 +++++-----
src/include/utils/guc.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 7acec5ea21..b5501fd949 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -6869,15 +6869,15 @@ SetConfigOption(const char *name, const char *value,
* this cannot be distinguished from a string variable with a NULL value!),
* otherwise throw an ereport and don't return.
*
- * If restrict_superuser is true, we also enforce that only superusers can
- * see GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY variables. This should only be passed as true
- * in user-driven calls.
+ * If restrict_privileged is true, we also enforce that only superusers and
+ * members of the pg_read_all_settings role can see GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY
+ * variables. This should only be passed as true in user-driven calls.
*
* The string is *not* allocated for modification and is really only
* valid until the next call to configuration related functions.
*/
const char *
-GetConfigOption(const char *name, bool missing_ok, bool restrict_superuser)
+GetConfigOption(const char *name, bool missing_ok, bool restrict_privileged)
{
struct config_generic *record;
static char buffer[256];
@@ -6892,7 +6892,7 @@ GetConfigOption(const char *name, bool missing_ok, bool restrict_superuser)
errmsg("unrecognized configuration parameter \"%s\"",
name)));
}
- if (restrict_superuser &&
+ if (restrict_privileged &&
(record->flags & GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY) &&
!is_member_of_role(GetUserId(), DEFAULT_ROLE_READ_ALL_SETTINGS))
ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc.h b/src/include/utils/guc.h
index 3d13a33b94..f462eabe59 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ extern void DefineCustomEnumVariable(
extern void EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders(const char *className);
extern const char *GetConfigOption(const char *name, bool missing_ok,
- bool restrict_superuser);
+ bool restrict_privileged);
extern const char *GetConfigOptionResetString(const char *name);
extern int GetConfigOptionFlags(const char *name, bool missing_ok);
extern void ProcessConfigFile(GucContext context);
--
2.14.3
