[erlang-questions] Base64 decode binaries with ets bug?

[Sverker Eriksson]

Thanks for reporting, Valentino.

It is indeed an ETS bug that can corrupt binaries in compressed tables.

Below is a patch scheduled for R15B02.


diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/external.c b/erts/emulator/beam/external.c
index 4348578..52f45b9 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/external.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/external.c
@@ -1889,7 +1889,9 @@ enc_term(ErtsAtomCacheMap *acmp, Eterm obj, byte* 
ep, Uint32 dflags,
                            *ep++ = BINARY_INTERNAL_REF;
                        }
                        if (pb->flags) {
+                           char* before_realloc = pb->val->orig_bytes;
                            erts_emasculate_writable_binary(pb);
+                           bytes += (pb->val->orig_bytes - before_realloc);
                        }
                        erts_refc_inc(&pb->val->refc, 2);

/Sverker, Erlang/OTP