Re: [BUGS] BUG #5842: Memory leak in PL/Python when taking slices of results

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Daniel Popowich wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 5842
> Logged by: Daniel Popowich
> Email address: danielpopowich(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.6
> Operating system: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (Ubuntu 10.04.1)
> Description: Memory leak in PL/Python when taking slices of results
> Details:
>
> There is a memory leak in PL/Python when taking slices of results. This was
> first discussed in pgsql-general:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2011-01/msg00367.php
>
> Thanks to Alex Hunsaker for pinpointing the problem to slices. The
> following code (a modification of Alex's) demonstrates the problem well...in
> a database with plpythonu installed:
>
> -- leaks big time
> CREATE or replace FUNCTION py_leak() RETURNS void
> LANGUAGE plpythonu
> AS $$
> results = plpy.execute("""select generate_series(0, 1000000)""")
> slice_creates_leak = results[:]
> for r in slice_creates_leak:
> pass
> return
> $$;
>
> -- does not leak
> CREATE or replace FUNCTION py_no_leak() RETURNS void
> LANGUAGE plpythonu
> AS $$
> results = plpy.execute("""select generate_series(0, 1000000)""")
> for noleak in results:
> pass
> return
> $$;
>
>
> I traced the bug to PLy_result_slice() in src/pl/plpython/plpython.c. That
> function calls the python API function PyList_GetSlice() and erroneously
> increments the reference count before returning the result to the caller.
> PyList_GetSlice returns a *new* reference, not a borrowed one, so it should
> just return the object as-is.
>
> A patch is attached below.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan Popowich
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> *** src/pl/plpython/plpython.c~ 2010-12-13 21:59:19.000000000 -0500
> --- src/pl/plpython/plpython.c 2011-01-18 11:18:28.857831733 -0500
> ***************
> *** 2328,2341 ****
> static PyObject *
> PLy_result_slice(PyObject *arg, Py_ssize_t lidx, Py_ssize_t hidx)
> {
> - PyObject *rv;
> PLyResultObject *ob = (PLyResultObject *) arg;
>
> ! rv = PyList_GetSlice(ob->rows, lidx, hidx);
> ! if (rv == NULL)
> ! return NULL;
> ! Py_INCREF(rv);
> ! return rv;
> }
>
> static int
> --- 2328,2336 ----
> static PyObject *
> PLy_result_slice(PyObject *arg, Py_ssize_t lidx, Py_ssize_t hidx)
> {
> PLyResultObject *ob = (PLyResultObject *) arg;
>
> ! return PyList_GetSlice(ob->rows, lidx, hidx);
> }
>
> static int
>
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