pgsql: Fix edge-case resource leaks in PL/Python error reporting.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix edge-case resource leaks in PL/Python error reporting.
Date: 2025-06-01 18:55:45
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Fix edge-case resource leaks in PL/Python error reporting.

PLy_elog_impl and its subroutine PLy_traceback intended to avoid
leaking any PyObject reference counts, but their coverage of the
matter was sadly incomplete. In particular, out-of-memory errors
in most of the string-construction subroutines could lead to
reference count leaks, because those calls were outside the
PG_TRY blocks responsible for dropping reference counts.

Fix by (a) adjusting the scopes of the PG_TRY blocks, and
(b) moving the responsibility for releasing the reference counts
of the traceback-stack objects to PLy_elog_impl. This requires
some additional "volatile" markers, but not too many.

In passing, fix an ancient thinko: use of the "e_module_o" PyObject
was guarded by "if (e_type_s)", where surely "if (e_module_o)"
was meant. This would only have visible consequences if the
"__name__" attribute were present but the "__module__" attribute
wasn't, which apparently never happens; but someday it might.

Rearranging the PG_TRY blocks requires indenting a fair amount
of code one more tab stop, which I'll do separately for clarity.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/2954090.1748723636@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 13

Branch
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REL_13_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1c78d555315052593a216d17f9a56c5c468e7e37

Modified Files
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src/pl/plpython/plpy_elog.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

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