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Flash: validate DAG expressions, sizes, and concurrency (#11233) - #11270
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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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.
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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
Invalid expressions and execution requests now return clear errors when required data is missing or incorrectly structured.
Join operations now report an error when inputs are missing or have an unexpected number of children.
Exchange requests without receivers are rejected, and invalid chunk-size settings fall back to the default for supported response formats.
Invalid concurrency values are now rejected. JSON output now preserves floating-point zero as 0.0.
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Added coverage for malformed and valid expressions, joins, concurrency values, and chunk-size behavior.
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The change adds runtime validation for zero concurrency, malformed DAG expressions, invalid response chunk sizes, empty MPP receiver lists, and join executors with an incorrect number of children. Tests cover rejected inputs and valid behavior. A full-stack test updates floating-point zero output expectations for JSON casts.
Changes: DAG input validation
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MPP receiver and concurrency validation dbms/src/Common/ThresholdUtils.h, dbms/src/Common/tests/gtest_threshold_utils.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Mpp/MPPTask.cpp, dbms/src/Flash/Mpp/tests/gtest_mpp_task_manager.cpp
getAverageThreshold checks for positive concurrency at runtime. MPPTask::registerTunnels rejects an ExchangeSender with no encoded task metadata. Tests cover zero concurrency, threshold calculations, and ExchangeSender preparation without receivers.
For encodings other than TypeCHBlock, DAGResponseWriter replaces chunk sizes of zero or below -1 with the default. Tests cover invalid and accepted sizes across writer types and encodings.
DAG expression 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 expression construction and string conversion reject expressions without children. GROUP_CONCAT construction rejects expressions with fewer than two children. Tests cover malformed and valid IN and GROUP_CONCAT expressions.
The runtime hardening in this cherry-pick has no outstanding concerns. One full-stack test now expects 0.0 for JSON float zero, which TiDB v8.5.0 prints as 0. It can fail against a pinned v8.5.0 cluster, though it matches the current release-8.5 TiDB branch. Check which TiDB version the release-8.5 CI uses, or accept both outputs.
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The production changes and regression tests address the historical malformed-expression, invalid chunk-size, malformed Join, empty receiver, and zero-concurrency cases. The change to tests/fullstack-t…
Remove the unrelated expected-output changes in tests/fullstack-test/expr/cast_as_json.test, or provide a directly supported requirement that requires this behavior change.
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The production changes and regression tests address the historical malformed-expression, invalid chunk-size, malformed Join, empty receiver, and zero-concurrency cases. The change to tests/fullstack-test/expr/cast_as_json.test only changes expected JSON formatting from 0 to 0.0. The reviewed scope provides no connection between that change and these objectives.
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A rabbit checks each count with care, No empty branch slips unaware. Chunk sizes find a steady pace, And joins need two to take their place. Zero floats now show their point, Tests keep every edge in joint.
For TypeDefault and TypeChunk, the test only constructs the writer. A streaming write can add an empty chunk before the data chunk without detection. Write a nonempty block for each encoding and assert the chunk count and decoded rows.
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Accept both JSON zero outputs.
With TiDB v8.5.0, the float cast returns 0, so the full-stack test can fail on the 0.0 expectation. The double cast has the same mismatch. Newer TiDB versions return 0.0. Support both outputs for these casts.
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This is an automated cherry-pick of #11233
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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