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author | Tom Lane | 2014-06-20 02:13:41 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane | 2014-06-20 02:14:26 +0000 |
commit | 45b0f357235236dd3198f8abcca277adc0d7459a (patch) | |
tree | f8a91f92510a5a8a0e62ef4698a2c878bf85e7f5 /src/backend/tcop/postgres.c | |
parent | 686f362bee126e50280bcd3b35807b02f18a8966 (diff) |
Avoid leaking memory while evaluating arguments for a table function.
ExecMakeTableFunctionResult evaluated the arguments for a function-in-FROM
in the query-lifespan memory context. This is insignificant in simple
cases where the function relation is scanned only once; but if the function
is in a sub-SELECT or is on the inside of a nested loop, any memory
consumed during argument evaluation can add up quickly. (The potential for
trouble here had been foreseen long ago, per existing comments; but we'd
not previously seen a complaint from the field about it.) To fix, create
an additional temporary context just for this purpose.
Per an example from MauMau. Back-patch to all active branches.
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