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BUG #17422: Memory leak
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* BUG #17422: Memory leak
@ 2022-03-01 17:06  PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread

From: PG Bug reporting form @ 2022-03-01 17:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; +Cc: vitstn@gmail.com

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      17422
Logged by:          Vitaly Stoyan
Email address:      vitstn@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 13.6
Operating system:   any
Description:        

https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/REL_13_STABLE/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c#L83

It seems memory allocated by palloc for lex variable isn't freed



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* Re: BUG #17422: Memory leak
@ 2022-03-01 20:21  Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
  parent: PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2022-03-01 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: vitstn@gmail.com; pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org

On 2022-03-01 17:06:02 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
> 
> Bug reference:      17422
> Logged by:          Vitaly Stoyan
> Email address:      vitstn@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 13.6
> Operating system:   any
> Description:        
> 
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/REL_13_STABLE/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c#L83
> 
> It seems memory allocated by palloc for lex variable isn't freed

In a lot of places we free memory in bulk by resetting memory contexts. See
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/backend/utils/mmgr/README

Greetings,

Andres Freund





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