Avoid integer overflow while sifting-up a heap in tuplesort.c.
If the number of tuples in the heap exceeds approximately INT_MAX/2, this loop's calculation "2*i+1" could overflow, resulting in a crash. Fix it by using unsigned int rather than int for the relevant local variables; that shouldn't cost anything extra on any popular hardware. Per bug #14722 from Sergey Koposov. Original patch by Sergey Koposov, modified by me per a suggestion from Heikki Linnakangas to use unsigned int not int64. Back-patch to 9.4, where tuplesort.c grew the ability to sort as many as INT_MAX tuples in-memory (commit 263865a4). Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170629161637.1478.93109@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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