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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #16974: memory leak
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RekGRpth <rekgrpth@gmail.com> writes:
> The backend's "SHR" memory size increase from ~20Mb on startup to
> ~150Mb by one day (with inserts and updates into table)

As I said, that proves little and indeed is expected ... especially
if your shared_buffers setting is around that.  There's no leak
unless you see VIRT increasing significantly.

			regards, tom lane