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Re: BUG #16190: The usage of NULL pointer in refint.c

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: starbugs@qq.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2020-01-06T06:49:18Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 01:21:35AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Yeah, if somebody wanted to fix this, the right way is to replace
> these malloc calls with pallocs.  Some investigation would be needed
> about which context to use.

It seems to me that this would be TopMemoryContext.  All the plans
used for the checks are kept within the context of the session.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Remove dependency to system calls for memory allocation in refint