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Re: Avoid memory leaks during base backups

Cary Huang <cary.huang@highgo.ca>

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From: Cary Huang <cary.huang@highgo.ca>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-10-14T21:56:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
The following review has been posted through the commitfest application:
make installcheck-world:  tested, passed
Implements feature:       tested, passed
Spec compliant:           not tested
Documentation:            not tested

Hello

I applied your v5 patch on the current master and run valgrind on it while doing a basebackup with simulated error. No memory leak related to backup is observed. Regression is also passing 

thank you

Cary Huang
HighGo Software Canada

Commits

  1. Improve memory handling across SQL-callable backup functions