Re: pltcl and plpython memory leak revisited (fwd)

I thought you were still working on a fix for all languages.


Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Nigel J. Andrews wrote:
>
>
> I don't remember seeing any acknowledgement or comments on this. It isn't on
> the unapplied patches list either so I'm assuming it got lost somewhere.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:50:46 +0100 (BST)
> From: Nigel J. Andrews <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk>
> To: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
> Subject: pltcl and plpython memory leak revisited
>
>
>
> I have attached two patches as per:
>
> 1) pltcl:
> Add SPI_freetuptable() calls to avoid memory leaks (Me + Neil Conway)
> Change sprintf()s to snprintf()s (Neil Conway)
> Remove header files included elsewhere (Neil Conway)
>
> 2)plpython:
> Add SPI_freetuptable() calls to avoid memory leaks
> Cosemtic change to remove a compiler warning
>
>
> Notes:
>
> I have tested pltcl.c for
>  a) the original leak problem reported for the repeated call of spi_exec in a
> TCL fragment
> and b) the subsequent report resulting from the use of spi_exec -array in a TCL
> fragment.
>
> The plpython.c patch is exactly the same as that applied to make revision 1.23,
> the plpython_schema.sql and feature.expected sections of the patch are also the
> same as last submited, applied and subsequently reversed out. It remains
> untested by me (other than via make check). However, this should be safe
> provided PyString_FromString() _copies_ the given string to make a PyObject.
>
>
> --
> Nigel J. Andrews
> Director
>
> ---
> Logictree Systems Limited
> Computer Consultants

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