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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2014-06-19 22:13:51 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2014-06-19 22:13:51 -0400
commitb568d383610ce1777587ca26b1fab5571a1c8a6f (patch)
tree9ad5fa1d5b280cd5d9add10fd3ee834314083224 /src/tutorial/complex.c
parent0ae841a98c21c53901d5bc9a9323a8cc800364f6 (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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