palloc at outer loop?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: palloc at outer loop?
Date: 1999-04-25 00:56:51
Message-ID: 2863.925001811@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Does anyone know offhand what are the implications of calling palloc()
in the backend's outer loop? (That is, in postgres.c, but outside the
Start/CommitTransactionCommand calls?) How long will such memory
remain allocated if not explicitly pfree'd?

regards, tom lane

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