Re: [HACKERS] Memory leak in large objects (was Re: Postgreqsl Large Objects)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Memory leak in large objects (was Re: Postgreqsl Large Objects)
Date: 1999-05-26 14:18:09
Message-ID: 12884.927728289@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk> writes:
> Ok, thanks, I will talk to him about the docs. Another problem that you
> may know about, want to know about. I have been using 6.5b for a while now
> with large objects.

Beta1 you mean? There have been several LO bugs fixed since then, I
believe. Please try it with a current snapshot.

> I get a few :
> NOTICE: LockReplace: xid table corrupted
> errors and then a
> NOTICE: ShmemAlloc: out of memory
> error. Thoughts?

I think this is memory corruption (something tromping on the shared
memory allocation information), not a leak.

regards, tom lane

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