ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 1073741824

From: Stefan Blanke <stefan(dot)blanke(at)framestore(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 1073741824
Date: 2018-01-30 17:35:23
Message-ID: 733ecd96-48ed-8d49-15e1-413eb535c4c6@framestore.com
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Hello,

We've tripped over an error when doing a "COPY.. TO STDOUT WITH BINARY"
query.

"ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 1073741824"
(exactly 1GB)

So a palloc() call is failing on the AllocSizeIsValid() check.

Does anyone know if this a safety catch we are tripping with a bad query
- or whether this check is something that should never be hit (i.e. a bug).

This has been some discussion before about making a change before the
9.5beta1:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/9A28C8860F777E439AA12E8AEA7694F8010F6F3F%40BPXM15GP.gisp.nec.co.jp

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAKJS1f_sxPyBHF6%3DnEYwPJdKKDNjVDP91b_EJApfyGTei%3DViDw%40mail.gmail.com

postgresql 9.5.4 (2PGDG.rhel6)
work_mem = 256MB

Thanks,
Stefan

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