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Re: Use pg_malloc macros in src/fe_utils

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>
Cc: Henrik TJ <henrik@0x48.dk>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-02-24T03:36:50Z
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 03:17:52AM +0100, Andreas Karlsson wrote:
> Looks like a nice change but why not just fix all instances of it in one
> swoop? It cannot be that many as there are 166 calls to pg_malloc() and 62
> calls to pg_malloc0() after your patch that need to be looked at.

FWIW, I don't really mind if these changes are proposed gradually, and
this looked fine enough on its own.  So applied.
--
Michael

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  1. Use pg_malloc_object() and pg_alloc_array() variants in frontend code

  2. fe_utils: Sprinkle some pg_malloc_object() and pg_malloc_array()