Re: [BUGS] ECPG memory leak detected

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christof Petig <christof(dot)petig(at)wtal(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] ECPG memory leak detected
Date: 1999-12-14 22:02:03
Message-ID: 199912142202.RAA05675@candle.pha.pa.us
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Attached is a patch that fixes some memory leaks in ecpg. Maybe it will
help your situation.

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> Hi,
>
> I observed a memory leak in one of my applications (grew about 20MB a
> day) and pinned it down to be
> ECPG related.
>
> The path is:
> ecpg_alloc
> quote_postgres
> ECPGexecute
> ECPGdo
>
> PostgreSQL Version 7.0 (about 24th November's CVS)
> This leak was at least present for two months.
>
> Christof
>
> If you have a direct idea on how to fix it, drop me a mail otherwise
> I'll (try to) fix it myself (about next week). It's not fatal, it's
> simply annoying.
>
> PS: Program used for this analysis: memprof (part of gnome) (Version
> 0.3.0)
>
> ************
>
>

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