flatgeobuf test failure

[Bas Couwenberg]

The Debian package build for 3.2.0-beta1 fails due to a test failure:

 ./regress/core/flatgeobuf ..Died at /build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg/regress/run_test.pl line 744.
 failed (psql exited with an error: /tmp/pgis_reg/test_18_out)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

--- Null geometry ---
T1|0|
--- Geometry roundtrips ---
P1|0|POINT(1.1 2.1)
P2|0|POINT Z (1.1 2.11 3.2)
P3|0|POINT ZM (1.1 2.12 3.2 4.3)
P4|0|SRID=4326;POINT(-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829)
psql:flatgeobuf.sql:38: server closed the connection unexpectedly
        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
        before or while processing the request.
psql:flatgeobuf.sql:38: fatal: connection to server was lost
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
make[2]: *** [regress/runtest.mk:11: check-regress] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg'
*** /tmp/pg_virtualenv.n9Corf/log/postgresql-14-regress.log (last 100 lines) ***
2021-10-24 05:03:35.932 UTC [1532552] LOG:  starting PostgreSQL 14.0 (Debian 14.0-1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 10.3.0-11) 10.3.0, 64-bit
2021-10-24 05:03:35.932 UTC [1532552] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1", port 5432
2021-10-24 05:03:35.933 UTC [1532552] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2021-10-24 05:03:35.934 UTC [1532553] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2021-10-24 05:03:35 UTC
2021-10-24 05:03:35.938 UTC [1532552] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
2021-10-24 05:04:15.781 UTC [1533687] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  Number of iterations must be between 1 and 5 : LWGEOM_ChaikinSmoothing
2021-10-24 05:04:15.781 UTC [1533687] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  SELECT '2', ST_astext(ST_ChaikinSmoothing('LINESTRING(0 0, 8 8, 0 16)',10));
2021-10-24 05:04:15.781 UTC [1533687] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  Number of iterations must be between 1 and 5 : LWGEOM_ChaikinSmoothing
2021-10-24 05:04:15.781 UTC [1533687] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  SELECT '3', ST_astext(ST_ChaikinSmoothing('LINESTRING(0 0, 8 8, 0 16)',0));
2021-10-24 05:04:16.898 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  LWGEOM_collect: Operation on mixed SRID geometries (Point, 32749) != (Point, 32740)
2021-10-24 05:04:16.898 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  SELECT ST_Collect('SRID=32749;POINT(0 0)', 'SRID=32740;POINT(1 1)');
2021-10-24 05:04:16.898 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  LWGEOM_makeline: Operation on mixed SRID geometries (Point, 0) != (Point, 3)
2021-10-24 05:04:16.898 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  select ST_makeline('POINT(0 0)', 'SRID=3;POINT(1 1)');
2021-10-24 05:04:16.899 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  BOX2D_construct: Operation on mixed SRID geometries (Point, 0) != (Point, 3)
2021-10-24 05:04:16.899 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  select ST_makebox2d('POINT(0 0)', 'SRID=3;POINT(1 1)');
2021-10-24 05:04:16.899 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg ERROR:  BOX3D_construct: Operation on mixed SRID geometries (Point, 0) != (Point, 3)
2021-10-24 05:04:16.899 UTC [1533736] pbuilder@postgis_reg STATEMENT:  select ST_3DMakeBox('POINT(0 0)', 'SRID=3;POINT(1 1)');
2021-10-24 05:04:18.376 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "t.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.381 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "t.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.381 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "t.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.390 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "c1.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.390 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "c2.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.390 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "p.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.391 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "c2.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.396 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "p.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.396 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "p.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.396 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "c1.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.397 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "c1.g" do not exist
2021-10-24 05:04:18.398 UTC [1533808] pbuilder@postgis_reg WARNING:  stats for "p.g" do not exist
Dropping cluster 14/regress ...

[robe]

From the line number in ticket looks like this combination should crash it but I can't get it to crash on my PostgreSQL 14 PostGIS 3.2.0beta1 mingw64 install and hasn't been crashing on regression testing of other bots running debian (debbie and our raspberry pis (berrie, berrie32).

-- creates the table
SELECT ST_TableFromFlatGeobuf('public', 'flatgeobuf_t1', (select ST_AsFlatGeobuf(q) fgb from (select null::geometry) q));

select 'P5', id, ST_AsEWKT(geom) from ST_FromFlatGeobuf(null::flatgeobuf_t1, (
    select ST_AsFlatGeobuf(q, true) fgb from (select ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePoint(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829),4326)) q));

Is it possible for you to send a backtrace for this or if there is a way for me to test this via some container thing. I see you are using pg_virtualenv but not sure what that is.

[Bas Couwenberg]

Is it possible for you to send a backtrace for this or if there is a way for me to test this via some container thing.

You can setup a cowbuilder chroot to reproduce the issue, see:

​https://debian-gis-team.pages.debian.net/policy/packaging.html#git-pbuilder

After configuring sudo as documented:

sudo cowbuilder --create \
                --distribution=sid \
                --basepath=/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow
sudo cowbuilder --login --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow

# Inside the chroot

## Add apt sources
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/^#deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update

## Install tools you need (vim, less, gdb, etc)

## Get postgis source package
cd /tmp/buildd
apt source -t experimental postgis
cd postgis-*/

## Install build dependencies
apt build-dep postgis

## Delete patch which skips the failing test
apt install quilt
quilt delete flatgeobuff.patch

## Build the package
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=3" dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

I see you are using pg_virtualenv but not sure what that is.

It creates a throw-away PostgreSQL environment for running regression tests, see its manpage:

​https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/postgresql-common/pg_virtualenv.1.en.html

You can use its -s option to launch a shell when the command fails, e.g.:

pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

[robe]

Replying to Bas Couwenberg:

Is it possible for you to send a backtrace for this or if there is a way for me to test this via some container thing.

You can setup a cowbuilder chroot to reproduce the issue, see:

​https://debian-gis-team.pages.debian.net/policy/packaging.html#git-pbuilder

After configuring sudo as documented:

sudo cowbuilder --create \
                --distribution=sid \
                --basepath=/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow
sudo cowbuilder --login --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow

# Inside the chroot

## Add apt sources
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/^#deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update

## Install tools you need (vim, less, gdb, etc)

## Get postgis source package
cd /tmp/buildd
apt source -t experimental postgis
cd postgis-*/

## Install build dependencies
apt build-dep postgis

## Delete patch which skips the failing test
apt install quilt
quilt delete flatgeobuff.patch

## Build the package
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=3" dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

I think I'm missing a step somewhere. I got all the way to the last step:

and after running

DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=3" dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

I get -

make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg'
   dh_clean
/build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg/debian/clean: 2: loader/pgsql2shp: not found
/build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg/debian/clean: 3: loader/shp2pgsql: not found
dh_clean: warning: debian/clean is marked executable but does not appear to an executable config.
dh_clean: warning:
dh_clean: warning: If debian/clean is intended to be an executable config file, please ensure it can
dh_clean: warning: be run as a stand-alone script/program (e.g. "./debian/clean")
dh_clean: warning: Otherwise, please remove the executable bit from the file (e.g. chmod -x "debian/clean")
dh_clean: warning:
dh_clean: warning: Please see "Executable debhelper config files" in debhelper(7) for more information.
dh_clean: warning:
dh_clean: error: debian/clean (executable config) returned exit code 127
make: *** [debian/rules:58: clean] Error 25

Any thoughts on what I missed?

[robe]

okay the file /build/postgis-3.2.0~beta1+dfsg/debian/clean just had path lines

loader/pgsql2shp
loader/shp2pgsql

I remarked out those two lines and it seemed to get further. It's compiling now. Not sure if that was the right thing to do.

[robe]

thanks Bas. I was able to replicate with your setup and get a back trace

#0  0x00007f9c0c34acd1 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1  0x00007f9c00bc7ec7 in memcpy (__len=<optimized out>, __src=<optimized out>, __dest=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string_fortified.h:29
#2  flatbuffers::vector_downward::push (num=<optimized out>, bytes=<optimized out>, this=0x7ffe4fe29440) at include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h:1031
#3  flatbuffers::vector_downward::push (num=<optimized out>, bytes=<optimized out>, this=0x7ffe4fe29440) at include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h:1030
#4  flatbuffers::FlatBufferBuilder::PushBytes (size=<optimized out>, bytes=<optimized out>, this=0x7ffe4fe29440) at include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h:1347
#5  flatbuffers::FlatBufferBuilder::CreateVector<double> (len=<optimized out>, v=<optimized out>, this=<optimized out>) at include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h:1712
#6  flatbuffers::FlatBufferBuilder::CreateVector<double> (v=..., v=..., this=0x7ffe4fe29440) at include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h:1740
#7  FlatGeobuf::CreateHeaderDirect (metadata=0x0, description=0x0, title=0x0, crs=..., index_node_size=16, features_count=1, columns=<optimized out>, has_tm=false, has_t=false, has_m=false, has_z=false, geometry_type=<optimized out>, envelope=<optimized out>, name=<optimized out>, _fbb=...) at ./deps/flatgeobuf/header_generated.h:660
#8  flatgeobuf_encode_header (ctx=0x56325fab2d38) at ./deps/flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf_c.cpp:87
#9  0x00007f9c00bc9268 in flatgeobuf_create_index (ctx=<optimized out>) at ./deps/flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf_c.cpp:195
#10 0x00007f9c00ba8591 in flatgeobuf_agg_finalfn (ctx=0x56325fab2ce8) at ./postgis/flatgeobuf.c:558
#11 0x000056325e629e70 in ?? ()
#12 0x000056325e62ae9e in ?? ()
#13 0x000056325e62bf50 in ?? ()
#14 0x000056325e649988 in ExecSetParamPlan ()
#15 0x000056325e616192 in ?? ()
#16 0x000056325e6213bd in ?? ()
#17 0x000056325e621d44 in ExecMakeTableFunctionResult ()
#18 0x000056325e6328c1 in ?? ()
#19 0x000056325e622430 in ExecScan ()
#20 0x000056325e61973d in standard_ExecutorRun ()
#21 0x000056325e79211b in ?? ()
#22 0x000056325e7935ab in PortalRun ()
#23 0x000056325e78f6ed in ?? ()
#24 0x000056325e79162c in PostgresMain ()
#25 0x000056325e70f618 in ?? ()
#26 0x000056325e710484 in PostmasterMain ()
#27 0x000056325e485e99 in main ()

[Björn Harrtell]

This almost has to have something to do with changes from debian stable to sid. Might want to consider adding debian sid to at least one PostGIS CI run.

I'm trying to reproduce but I'm completely unfamiliar with this cowbuilder business. For now I'm trying with a fork of postgis-build-env based on debian sid.

[robe]

I tested with bookworm - AKA bookkie (which I guess has been promoted to testing). I couldn't replicate the issue there so I suspect something else with the cowbuilder setup or the truly sid. Going to try again with a true sid.

This was running with PostgreSQL 14 distribution packaged with bookworm.

I'm going to go back to the cowbuilder setup I have and see if I can still replicate it there. If I can't compiling from scratch we might just need to package the beta2 and have Bas see if he can still replicate.

[robe]

Okay just spun up a sid and no crash. Will go back to cowbuilder setup to test.

[Bas Couwenberg]

3.2.0-beta1 still fails on Debian unstable & testing, so the upgrade of postgresql-14 to 14.1 did not resolve the issue.

[robe]

okay I just ran in the cow-builder sid setup I have and all tests pass against git postgis/master and the postgis/3.2.0beta1 tag, 3.2.0beta1 tar ball, even building with make -j4

but crashes when using the debian build package. Bas, is there something special this does beyond standard ./configure make check?

# this crashes

## Build the package
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=3" dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

to do all above I did:

sudo cowbuilder --create \
                --distribution=sid \
                --basepath=/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow
sudo cowbuilder --login --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow

# Inside the chroot

## Add apt sources
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/^#deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update
apt upgrade #this I added I didn't do that before when testing

## Install tools you need (vim, less, gdb, etc)

## Get postgis source package
cd /tmp/buildd
apt source -t experimental postgis
cd postgis-*/

## Install build dependencies
apt build-dep postgis

## Delete patch which skips the failing test
apt install quilt
quilt delete flatgeobuff.patch

## Build the package
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=3" dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

##crashes

## Now test direct from git
apt install ca-certificates git #needed for git clone
cd /tmp/buildd
git clone https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis.git
cd postgis
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
# all tests passed
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

# now testing 3.2.0beta1
git clean -fd
git checkout 3.2.0beta1
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
#all tests pasted
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

Try building direct from tar ball - regresses just fine

cd /tmp/build
apt install wget
wget http://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-3.2.0beta1.tar.gz
tar -xvf postgis-3.2.0beta1.tar.gz
cd postgis-3.2.0beta1
./configure
make
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

Try building with parallel build, regresses fine

cd /tmp/build
apt install wget
wget http://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-3.2.0beta1.tar.gz
tar -xvf postgis-3.2.0beta1.tar.gz
cd postgis-3.2.0beta1
./configure
make -j4
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make -j4 check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

[Bas Couwenberg]

Bas, is there something special this does beyond standard ./configure make check?

The biggest difference is that dpkg-buildpackage uses fakeroot not real root like your git builds.

The Debian package build also applies a couple of patches:

​https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gis-team/postgis/-/tree/experimental/debian/patches

[robe]

Yah the patches look harmless and I tested using the same folder and it was fine if I build without dpkg-buildpackage. I'm not sure how to use fakeroot (I tried but gave me permission issues). It must be causing it to build a corrupt package. The reason I say that is if I test (what I think is the built package from dpkg-buildpackage using pg_virtualenv) it crashes too. So it's not testing in fakeroot that is the issue unless I'm testing that wrong.

If I do this it passes

sudo cowbuilder --create \
                --distribution=sid \
                --basepath=/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow
sudo cowbuilder --login --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow

# Inside the chroot

## Add apt sources
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/^#deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update
apt upgrade #this I added I didn't do that before when testing

## Install tools you need (vim, less, gdb, etc)

## Get postgis source package
cd /tmp/buildd
apt source -t experimental postgis
cd postgis-*/

## Install build dependencies
apt build-dep postgis

## Delete patch which skips the failing test
apt install quilt
quilt delete flatgeobuff.patch
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

If I do this it fails both during the building and running env after

sudo cowbuilder --create \
                --distribution=sid \
                --basepath=/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow
sudo cowbuilder --login --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow

# Inside the chroot

## Add apt sources
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/^#deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update
apt upgrade #this I added I didn't do that before when testing

## Install tools you need (vim, less, gdb, etc)

## Get postgis source package
cd /tmp/buildd
apt source -t experimental postgis
cd postgis-*/

## Install build dependencies
apt build-dep postgis

## Delete patch which skips the failing test
apt install quilt
quilt delete flatgeobuff.patch


## Build the package #crashes on flatgeobuf
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -uc 2>&1 | tee ../postgis.build

## Also crashes on flatgeobuf
exit #assume this exits the fakeroot
pg_virtualenv -v 14 -s make check RUNTESTFLAGS="-v"

[robe]

downgrading to critical since it requires a unique set of building steps to replicate.

[Bas Couwenberg]

Still fails with beta2.

The backtrace posted earlier shows:

memcpy ([...]) at /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string_fortified.h:29

This suggest hardening flags may be the reason you cannot reproduce the issue when not using dpkg-buildpackage. The flags it uses are:

# DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all dpkg-buildflags --export=sh
export CFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security"
export CPPFLAGS="-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
export CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security"
export DFLAGS="-frelease"
export FCFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong"
export FFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong"
export GCJFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong"
export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now"
export OBJCFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security"
export OBJCXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/postgis=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security"

​-fstack-protector-strong might be it.

Disabling the hardening flags with the following in debian/rules does not resolve the issue:

export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=-all

[Bas Couwenberg]

Disabling the P5 & P6 tests makes the testsuite not fail, enabling either of those two tests causes the testsuite to fail.

Is the flatgeobuf code valgrind clean? The memcpy call from the backtrace might point to memory issues.

[Björn Harrtell]

Thanks Bas, that's a good lead - the P5 and P6 tests are special because they use the spatial index feature of the function. But a bit strange to me that it is not yet possible to reproduce in other places though, I'm pretty sure some PostGIS CI builds are valgrind checking. I agree -fstack-protector-strong could seem to be related but I'm not familiar with it and as disabling it doesn't help I guess it must be something else.

[Björn Harrtell]

Inspected the code and the trace above and it is strange.... it seems to crash on a memcpy that is triggered by flatgeobuf_encode_header and CreateHeaderDirect. This is code run on several other occations including in the non-indexed variants. But, it also says the invocations follow flatgeobuf_create_index which is the second time it's called in that execution of ST_AsFlatGeobuf so I suppose it must mean it is not safe to call multiple times - but I cannot understand why yet.

[Björn Harrtell]

I might have found the reason. Attempt to fix in ​https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/pulls/63 / ​https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/commit/eda70258f373c1ad88e1851f194c891ad8d9aff4.

[Bas Couwenberg]

Confirmed fixed with the changes in eda70258f373c1ad88e1851f194c891ad8d9aff4:

​https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gis-team/postgis/-/jobs/2223711