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Flash: validate DAG expressions, sizes, and concurrency - #11233
Malformed IN and GROUP_CONCAT expressions can reach unchecked child access. A zero DAG response chunk size can make encoding loop without advancing the row index while accumulating chunks. Join traversal assumes two children without checking their count, and tunnel/threshold calculations can divide by zero for empty receiver lists or zero concurrency.
What is changed and how it works?
Flash: validate DAG expressions, sizes, and concurrency
Validate GROUP_CONCAT and IN arguments before child access, normalize
invalid response chunk sizes, reject malformed Join and ExchangeSender
inputs, and guard zero concurrency in average threshold calculations.
Require GROUP_CONCAT to contain at least one value and a separator before building its arguments, including the ORDER BY path.
Reject IN expressions without a left operand in both function construction and exprToString, preserving the existing behavior for an empty right-hand set.
Normalize chunk sizes of 0 or less than -1 to DEFAULT_DAG_RECORDS_PER_CHUNK (1024), preserving the existing -1 sentinel and CHBlock behavior.
Reject Join executors unless they have a Join payload and exactly two children before accessing either child.
Reject an ExchangeSender with no encoded receiver task metadata before registering tunnels or computing per-tunnel limits.
Replace the debug-only concurrency assertion in getAverageThreshold with a runtime exception check.
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Configured with cmake --preset dev and built gtests_dbms with cmake --build --preset unit-tests -j 8.
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Expression tests cover all six supported IN signatures, both unsafe IN entry points, empty/nonempty IN sets, and malformed/valid GROUP_CONCAT arguments with and without ORDER BY.
Response tests compare 1025 rows encoded with invalid chunk sizes (0, -2, and INT64_MIN) against default-sized output for unary and streaming writers across all three encodings.
Join tests cover missing Join payloads, child counts of 0/1/3, valid traversal order, and output field collection. MPP preparation tests cover empty receiver lists with zero and positive memory thresholds; threshold tests cover zero concurrency and normal rounding/unlimited-threshold semantics.
clang-format 17.0.6 validation and git diff --check passed.
Fix potential TiFlash hangs and crashes caused by malformed GROUP_CONCAT or IN expressions, invalid response chunk sizes, malformed Join executors, and zero receiver or concurrency counts.
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Bug Fixes
Corrected handling of invalid chunk-size settings: zero and values below -1 now use the default chunk size for applicable response encodings.
Requests with missing task receiver information or malformed join details now return clear errors instead of proceeding with invalid data.
Invalid concurrency values are now rejected consistently when calculating average thresholds.
Malformed IN and GROUP_CONCAT expressions missing required arguments now return clear errors rather than being processed.
The changes add runtime checks for invalid threshold, MPP receiver, Join, IN, and GROUP_CONCAT inputs. Non-CHBlock response writers replace invalid chunk sizes with the default. Tests cover these cases and valid behavior.
Changes: DAG and threshold input validation
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Threshold and response chunk sizes dbms/src/Common/ThresholdUtils.h, dbms/src/Common/tests/gtest_threshold_utils.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/DAGResponseWriter.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/tests/gtest_streaming_writer.cpp
getAverageThreshold now uses RUNTIME_CHECK for its positive-concurrency condition. Non-CHBlock writers replace 0 and values below -1 with the default chunk size. Tests cover threshold calculations and unary and streaming writer behavior.
registerTunnels rejects a root ExchangeSender with no encoded task metadata. A task preparation test expects BadRequest when the sender has no receivers.
Join child validation and traversal dbms/src/Flash/Statistics/traverseExecutors.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/tests/gtest_traverse_executors.cpp
getChildren rejects Join executors without a payload or with a child count other than two. Tests cover malformed Join inputs and valid traversal.
IN and GROUP_CONCAT argument validation dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/DAGExpressionAnalyzer.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/DAGExpressionAnalyzerHelper.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/DAGUtils.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/tests/gtest_dag_expression_analyzer.cpp
IN processing and rendering reject expressions without a left operand. buildGroupConcat rejects expressions with fewer than two children. Tests cover malformed and valid expressions.
Invalid inputs are rejected or normalized; no merge-blocking defect was established.
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The linked issue #11234 defines scope for response sizes, Join validation, MPP receivers, and concurrency. The pull request also changes buildGroupConcat, buildInFunction, and exprToString to re…
Remove the unrelated GROUP_CONCAT and IN implementation changes and their tests, or link an active issue that requires these expression validations.
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Docstring coverage is 5.56% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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The title clearly summarizes the main changes: validation of DAG expressions, size handling, and concurrency safeguards.
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The description follows the required template, explains the problems and implementation, identifies unit-test coverage, documents validation steps and side effects, and includes a release note.
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Issue #11234 requires controlled handling of invalid response chunk sizes, malformed Join executors, empty MPP receiver metadata, and zero concurrency. DAGResponseWriter maps 0 and values below -1 t…
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Issue #11234 requires controlled handling of invalid response chunk sizes, malformed Join executors, empty MPP receiver metadata, and zero concurrency. DAGResponseWriter maps 0 and values below -1 to DEFAULT_DAG_RECORDS_PER_CHUNK, while preserving -1 and CHBlock behavior. getChildren checks the Join child count before accessing children; a missing Join payload produces zero children and is rejected. MPPTask::registerTunnels rejects empty encoded task metadata before tunnel creation. getAverageThreshold uses a runtime check instead of a debug-only assertion. The added tests cover these invalid and valid cases.
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The linked issue #11234 defines scope for response sizes, Join validation, MPP receivers, and concurrency. The pull request also changes buildGroupConcat, buildInFunction, and exprToString to reject malformed GROUP_CONCAT and IN expressions. These expression requirements and code paths do not appear in issue #11234. Their regression tests are also unrelated to the linked issue scope.
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Remove the unrelated GROUP_CONCAT and IN implementation changes and their tests, or link an active issue that requires these expression validations.
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A rabbit checks the chunk-size gate, And guards each child before its fate. The joins need two, the inputs fit, The threshold checks before division’s hit. The tests run through each guarded way, Then hop back home at close of day.
Assert chunk boundaries for records_per_chunk values -1 and 1.
AllowsNonzeroRecordsPerChunk only checks that construction does not throw. A constructor that maps -1 or 1 to DEFAULT_DAG_RECORDS_PER_CHUNK would still pass. InvalidRecordsPerChunkUsesDefault does not use these values as inputs.
The following test writes a block larger than the default chunk size, for each encoding. It asserts the chunk count for -1 and 1. For TypeCHBlock, the constructor maps both values to -1, so the expected count is one chunk.
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Review comment at @dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/tests/gtest_streaming_writer.cpp
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Extend the streaming-writer tests around UnaryDAGResponseWriter to write a block
larger than the default chunk size with records_per_chunk values -1 and 1, and
assert the resulting chunk counts for each encoding. Preserve the expected
single chunk for -1 and for TypeCHBlock, where both values map to -1; verify
that 1 produces one chunk per record for other encodings.
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Review comments at @dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/tests/gtest_streaming_writer.cpp:
- Around line 173-174: Extend the streaming-writer tests around
UnaryDAGResponseWriter to write a block larger than the default chunk size with
records_per_chunk values -1 and 1, and assert the resulting chunk counts for
each encoding. Preserve the expected single chunk for -1 and for TypeCHBlock,
where both values map to -1; verify that 1 produces one chunk per record for
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Remove the unrelated `GROUP_CONCAT` and `IN` implementation changes and their
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close#11234\n\nFlash: validate DAG expressions, sizes, and concurrency
Validate GROUP_CONCAT and IN arguments before child access, normalize
invalid response chunk sizes, reject malformed Join and ExchangeSender
inputs, and guard zero concurrency in average threshold calculations.\n\nCo-authored-by: xufei <xufeixw@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
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close#11234\n\nFlash: validate DAG expressions, sizes, and concurrency
Validate GROUP_CONCAT and IN arguments before child access, normalize
invalid response chunk sizes, reject malformed Join and ExchangeSender
inputs, and guard zero concurrency in average threshold calculations.\n\nCo-authored-by: xufei <xufeixw@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
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What problem does this PR solve?
Issue Number: close #11234
Problem Summary:
Malformed
INandGROUP_CONCATexpressions can reach unchecked child access. A zero DAG response chunk size can make encoding loop without advancing the row index while accumulating chunks. Join traversal assumes two children without checking their count, and tunnel/threshold calculations can divide by zero for empty receiver lists or zero concurrency.What is changed and how it works?
GROUP_CONCATto contain at least one value and a separator before building its arguments, including theORDER BYpath.INexpressions without a left operand in both function construction andexprToString, preserving the existing behavior for an empty right-hand set.DEFAULT_DAG_RECORDS_PER_CHUNK(1024), preserving the existing -1 sentinel and CHBlock behavior.getAverageThresholdwith a runtime exception check.Check List
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cmake --preset devand builtgtests_dbmswithcmake --build --preset unit-tests -j 8.clang-format17.0.6 validation andgit diff --checkpassed.cmake-build-debug/dbms/gtests_dbms --gtest_filter='TestStreamingWriter.*:TraverseExecutorsTest.*:ThresholdUtilsTest.*:TestMPPTaskManager.*:DAGExpressionAnalyzerTest.*:DAGUtilsTest.*:QueryExprTestRunner.inOp'Side effects
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-1now use the default chunk size for applicable response encodings.INandGROUP_CONCATexpressions missing required arguments now return clear errors rather than being processed.