Re: Fix memory leak in gist_page_items() of pageinspect

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 08:01:54AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 11:57:13AM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > Please note that for hash_bitmap_info() and pgstathashindex() the open calls are
> > changed instead. For those we keep the IS_INDEX() checks to reject partitioned
> > indexes (which index_open() accepts via validate_relation_kind()). So, that also
> > changes the error messages in some tests. If we do prefer the previous error
> > messages we could change the close calls instead (I prefer the way it's done
> > in the attached though).
>
> I have noticed that the two surrounding relation_close() calls for the
> parent tables did not get the notice of the change for brin.c of what
> you are doing for the indexes, while we use table_open(). I have
> fixed these.

Nice catch, thanks!

> It would be nicer if IS_INDEX() could be removed in the other code
> paths you are suggesting to change, but the partitioned index argument
> also means that we would have two code paths in charge of a relkind
> check instead of one. Just using relation_*() may be cleaner.

Yeah, and removing IS_INDEX() and adding a check for partitioned indexes would
still mean 2 code paths. So, v2 changes the close calls (and that's consistent
with what pgstatginindex_internal() is doing.

Regards,

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Bertrand Drouvot
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