btree_gin: Fix calculation of leftmost interval value.
authorDean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:14:32 +0000 (11:14 +0000)
committerDean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:14:32 +0000 (11:14 +0000)
commitc804ffb5622b5efe7bda78570aa1911073a7491d
tree55da99936605a541a852843b38b58ff8f3058c26
parent7ab6971c657fdc3b1612d6c4989f886bf997ade6
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