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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/adt/name.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/name.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/name.c
index 23b3722375e..9729c0d3acc 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/name.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/name.c
@@ -46,13 +46,17 @@ Datum
namein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
char *s = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
- NameData *result;
+ Name result;
int len;
len = strlen(s);
- len = pg_mbcliplen(s, len, NAMEDATALEN - 1);
- result = (NameData *) palloc0(NAMEDATALEN);
+ /* Truncate oversize input */
+ if (len >= NAMEDATALEN)
+ len = pg_mbcliplen(s, len, NAMEDATALEN - 1);
+
+ /* We use palloc0 here to ensure result is zero-padded */
+ result = (Name) palloc0(NAMEDATALEN);
memcpy(NameStr(*result), s, len);
PG_RETURN_NAME(result);