Re: [PATCH] Fix memory leak in pgstat_progress_parallel_incr_param()

From: Sami Imseih <samimseih(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Baji Shaik <baji(dot)pgdev(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io>, bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix memory leak in pgstat_progress_parallel_incr_param()
Date: 2026-06-06 14:55:05
Message-ID: CAA5RZ0sb06bJecz1=0GtM69hO9HarCD_1+m0YOmyZ_PpEs_M6Q@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

good find, and thanks for the patches!

> 0001: drop the redundant initStringInfo() call (backport candidate)

This one looks like an obvious fix to me.

> 0002: allocate the static buffer once per process via
> pq_beginmessage_reuse / pq_endmessage_reuse, to avoid the
> per-call allocation (master only)

I am less convinced this will have any benefits for the additional complexity.
The callers of pgstat_progress_parallel_incr_param() are not frequent enough
to make a measurable difference here. cost delay reporting for parallel workers
is throttled by PARALLEL_VACUUM_DELAY_REPORT_INTERVAL_NS and
index progress reporting does not happen very frequently either.

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Sami Imseih
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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