Re: Probable memory leak with ECPG and AIX

Hi,

(I work with Guillaume on this case.)

On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 8:34 AM Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> wrote:

> That almost certainly means he's using a 32-bit binary with the default
> heap
> size. To use more heap on AIX, build 64-bit or override the heap size.
> For
> example, "env LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA=0x80000000 ./a.out" gives 2GiB of heap.
> See
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-AIX
> for more ways to control heap size. While that documentation focuses on
> the
> server, the same techniques apply to clients like your test program.
>
> That said, I don't know why your test program reaches 256MB on AIX. On
> GNU/Linux, it uses a lot less. What version of PostgreSQL provided your
> client libraries?
>

They use a 12.3 in production but have also tested on a 12.9 with the same
result.
We relayed your suggestion and will get back to you with the results.

Thanks for the input !