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Alessio Attilio c6b2603078 Skip memory prefetch during loading to avoid crash in dictEmpty callback (#14848)
Fixes #14838

## Summary

Fix a crash in `prefetchCommands()` that occurs during replica full sync
when the replica has existing data that needs to be emptied.

## Problem Description

During `emptyData()` → `kvstoreEmpty()` → `dictEmpty()` →
`_dictClear()`, the first hash table is cleared and `d->ht_table[0]` is
set to NULL via `_dictReset`. Then while clearing the second hash table,
every 65536 buckets it invokes `replicationEmptyDbCallback()` →
`processEventsWhileBlocked()` → `readQueryFromClient()` →
`prefetchCommands()`.
At this point, `dictSize() > 0` still holds (because the second hash
table isn't fully cleared yet), but `ht_table[0]` is already NULL. The
prefetch code assumed `ht_table[0]` is always valid when `dictSize() >
0`, leading to a crash.

## Solution
1. **Skip prefetch during loading**: Added a `server.loading` check at
the top of `prefetchCommands()` to return early. During RDB loading, the
main dictionary is being rebuilt, so prefetching keys from it is useless
anyway.
2. **Add defensive assertion**: Added
`serverAssert(batch->current_dicts[i]->ht_table[0])` in
`initBatchInfo()` to catch any future cases where `ht_table[0]` is NULL
while `dictSize() > 0` (which should only happen mid-`dictEmpty` via
`_dictReset`).

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Co-authored-by: kairosci <kairosci@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: debing.sun <debing.sun@redis.com>
Co-authored-by: Yuan Wang <yuan.wang@redis.com>
2026-03-24 14:22:41 +02:00
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