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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-06-19 22:13:44 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-06-19 22:13:44 -0400 |
commit | 1044e79a0b7b21ddedd9e093394a34e8cc2d42bc (patch) | |
tree | 5efcc91217468969bcb1871b139d4a5bfd41b96b /src/backend/executor/nodeLockRows.c | |
parent | b488daf0d59614e801059e3558f73b65b0cf7e06 (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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