Re: BUG #18981: Fault tolerance and improvement for xmltotext_with_options (xml.c)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: d.kovalenko@postgrespro.ru
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-07-08T16:51:56Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Please look at this code:
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/a27893df45ec5d8c657899202e9cf0b9a816fe2f/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c#L730
> xmlerrcxt = pg_xml_init(PG_XML_STRICTNESS_ALL);
> pg_xml_init uses palloc and may "raise an exception".

Yup, we should cover that case.

> Also
> Within PG_CATCH 'doc' is not NULL.

Agreed.  Pushed your fix with small editorialization.

			regards, tom lane



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  1. Fix low-probability memory leak in XMLSERIALIZE(... INDENT).

  2. pg_walsummary: Improve stability of test checking statistics