Re: [PATCH] Fix memory leak of reply_message in walreceiver

On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 01:59:09AM +0900, DaeMyung Kang wrote:
> initStringInfo() unconditionally allocates a fresh ~1KB buffer with
> palloc() and overwrites the existing data pointer without freeing the
> previous one. So every time the walreceiver re-enters the streaming
> path -- e.g., after a timeline switch, end-of-WAL, or any other
> condition that drives the outer for(;;) loop to iterate -- the prior
> buffer is leaked. The leak is bounded per streaming restart but
> accumulates over the lifetime of a long-running standby that
> restarts streaming often.

This is a problem similar to [1], and I'd agree about cleaning that up
properly.

> This appears to date back to commit add6c3179a4 ("Make the streaming
> replication protocol messages architecture-independent.", 2012), so
> the fix is likely a candidate for back-patching to all supported
> branches.

This is minor, so I don't really see a point in back-patching. Same
reason as the other thread.

I'll go merge that together.

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ae6vp9L-GUb0ERTF@paquier.xyz
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Michael