Re: BUG #4578: Not releaseing memory from PQmakeEmptyPGresult when calling PQisBusy

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Sven Almgren" <sven(at)blocket(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4578: Not releaseing memory from PQmakeEmptyPGresult when calling PQisBusy
Date: 2008-12-12 14:15:13
Message-ID: 4933.1229091313@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Sven Almgren" <sven(at)blocket(dot)se> writes:
> ==14976== 4,480 (384 direct, 4,096 indirect) bytes in 2 blocks are
> definitely lost in loss record 19 of 55
> ==14976== at 0x4A05809: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
> ==14976== by 0x38FC80E194: PQmakeEmptyPGresult (in
> /usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.1)
> ==14976== by 0x38FC814BEC: (within /usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.1)
> ==14976== by 0x38FC816031: (within /usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.1)
> ==14976== by 0x38FC80D5AF: PQisBusy (in /usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.1)

AFAICS this would be your own bug, ie neglecting to collect and
eventually PQclear the result after PQisBusy has returned false.

> Without specifying too much about our system ...

If you are not willing to provide a self-contained test case there is
very little anyone else can do here.

regards, tom lane

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