Re: Curing plpgsql's memory leaks for statement-lifespan values

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Curing plpgsql's memory leaks for statement-lifespan values
Date: 2016-07-25 21:22:58
Message-ID: 20160725212258.GA299346@alvherre.pgsql
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Although this is in principle a bug fix, it's invasive enough that I'd
> > be pretty hesitant to back-patch it, or even to stick it into HEAD
> > post-beta. I'm inclined to sign it up for the next commitfest instead.
>
> Do we have a backpatchable fix for the reported problem? If so, then it
> seems a good tradeoff to install this more invasive fix in HEAD only and
> apply the simpler fix to back branches. Otherwise, is the proposal to
> leave the bug unfixed in back branches?

I meant "install in HEAD only, after the 10.0 branch", which is what you
proposed.

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