Re: Avoid handle leak (src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid handle leak (src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c)
Date: 2025-10-24 12:40:45
Message-ID: CAEudQAo9ivsAnYYZ5uO_KNTV5+To=uWqEUzWx5tQTXGKV5ZE9g@mail.gmail.com
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Em sex., 24 de out. de 2025 às 09:24, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
escreveu:

> On 2025-Oct-24, Ranier Vilela wrote:
>
> > Handles are a scarce Windows resource.
> > The work of freeing these resources is not done by exit(), but by
> > Windows itself, when possible.
> > If applications are not good citizens, these resources will eventually
> > run out.
>
> Hmm? That makes no sense. Do you have references to documentation that
> says the system works the way you claim?
>
There are a bunch of messages on the web.
Some are:
"insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service"

resource-exhaustion-detected-windows-11
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4019236/resource-exhaustion-detected-windows-11>

fatal-error-out-of-system-resources
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2683708/fatal-error-out-of-system-resources>

out-of-memory-error-windows/
<https://appuals.com/out-of-memory-error-windows/>

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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