Re: Why our Valgrind reports suck

Hi,

On 2025-05-22 21:48:24 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> >> But this is the last step to get to zero reported leaks in a run of the core
> >> regression tests, so let's do it.
> 
> > I assume that's just about the core tests, not more? I.e. I can't make skink
> > enable leak checking?
> 
> No, we're not there yet.  I've identified some other backend issues (in
> postgres_fdw in particular), and I've not looked at frontend programs
> at all.  For most frontend programs, I'm dubious how much we care.

Skink only tests backend stuff anyway, but the other backend issues make it a
no go for no...


> I'm envisioning this patch series as v19 work, were you
> thinking we should be more aggressive?

Mostly agreed - but I am wondering if the AV fix should be backpatched?

Greetings,

Andres Freund