Re: BUG #18338: Memory leak in function 'dumpRule'

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: jora(dot)gevorgyan(at)rau(dot)am, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #18338: Memory leak in function 'dumpRule'
Date: 2024-02-12 14:04:28
Message-ID: E4B97C94-5E2C-4821-A8FA-0A922747F841@yesql.se
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-bugs

> On 12 Feb 2024, at 14:36, PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> The memory leak is found by a static analyzer developed at [CAST](
> https://www.linkedin.com/company/cast-center/).

Seems like they have some more work to do on their product.

> The memory alocated at [in qtabname]() is getting lost when function
> [pg_fatal is
> called](https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/09eb633e1baa3b7cd7929f3cc77f9c46f63c20b1/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c#L18007)

See src/include/common/logging.h: pg_fatal() calls exit(1), so there is no leak
here.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

In response to

Browse pgsql-bugs by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Heikki Linnakangas 2024-02-12 14:09:38 Re: BUG #18338: Memory leak in function 'dumpRule'
Previous Message PG Bug reporting form 2024-02-12 13:36:13 BUG #18338: Memory leak in function 'dumpRule'