Re: BUG #17422: Memory leak

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: vitstn(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #17422: Memory leak
Date: 2022-03-01 20:21:12
Message-ID: 20220301202112.f6dc5ooory7tqdir@alap3.anarazel.de
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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(at)gmail(dot)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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