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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
index dea0dc285f8..ea0b7d5ed91 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.3 2001/05/25 15:48:33 momjian Exp $ */
-
-/*
+/**********************************************************************
* plpython.c - python as a procedural language for PostgreSQL
*
- * IDENTIFICATION
- *
* This software is copyright by Andrew Bosma
* but is really shameless cribbed from pltcl.c by Jan Weick, and
* plperl.c by Mark Hollomon.
@@ -32,7 +28,11 @@
* AND THE AUTHOR AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
* MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
*
- **********************************************************************/
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.4 2001/06/01 18:17:44 tgl Exp $
+ *
+ *********************************************************************
+ */
#include "postgres.h"
@@ -296,8 +296,32 @@ volatile int func_enter_calls = 0;
volatile int func_leave_calls = 0;
#endif
-/* the function definitions
+/*
+ * the function definitions
*/
+
+/*
+ * This routine is a crock, and so is everyplace that calls it. The problem
+ * is that the cached form of plpython functions/queries is allocated permanently
+ * (mostly via malloc()) and never released until backend exit. Subsidiary
+ * data structures such as fmgr info records therefore must live forever
+ * as well. A better implementation would store all this stuff in a per-
+ * function memory context that could be reclaimed at need. In the meantime,
+ * fmgr_info must be called in TopMemoryContext so that whatever it might
+ * allocate, and whatever the eventual function might allocate using fn_mcxt,
+ * will live forever too.
+ */
+static void
+perm_fmgr_info(Oid functionId, FmgrInfo *finfo)
+{
+ MemoryContext oldcontext;
+
+ oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+ fmgr_info(functionId, finfo);
+ MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
+}
+
+
Datum
plpython_call_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
@@ -1282,7 +1306,7 @@ PLy_output_datum_func2(PLyObToDatum *arg, Form_pg_type typeStruct)
{
enter();
- fmgr_info(typeStruct->typinput, &arg->typfunc);
+ perm_fmgr_info(typeStruct->typinput, &arg->typfunc);
arg->typelem = (Oid) typeStruct->typelem;
arg->typlen = typeStruct->typlen;
}
@@ -1304,7 +1328,7 @@ PLy_input_datum_func2(PLyDatumToOb *arg, Form_pg_type typeStruct)
char *type;
arg->typoutput = typeStruct->typoutput;
- fmgr_info(typeStruct->typoutput, &arg->typfunc);
+ perm_fmgr_info(typeStruct->typoutput, &arg->typfunc);
arg->typlen = typeStruct->typlen;
arg->typelem = typeStruct->typelem;