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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-06-19 22:13:54 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-06-19 22:13:54 -0400 |
commit | 06d5eacbc0a7db22422fc07aca56f6e69b02b8ea (patch) | |
tree | 0d6d998e20320bb072e1cd36755c074010cb0344 /src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c | |
parent | 94ab763278459ef8f279bdf98bcda9a73accad7e (diff) | |
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Avoid leaking memory while evaluating arguments for a table function.
ExecMakeTableFunctionResult evaluated the arguments for a function-in-FROM
in the query-lifespan memory context. This is insignificant in simple
cases where the function relation is scanned only once; but if the function
is in a sub-SELECT or is on the inside of a nested loop, any memory
consumed during argument evaluation can add up quickly. (The potential for
trouble here had been foreseen long ago, per existing comments; but we'd
not previously seen a complaint from the field about it.) To fix, create
an additional temporary context just for this purpose.
Per an example from MauMau. Back-patch to all active branches.
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