Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> > On backend exit, everything in TopMemoryContext, like all
> > other non-shared memory, is automatically released.
>
> So it is safe to not free the allocated memory in TopMemoryContext and leave
> it to be released on backend exit.
All local memory is safe to handle that way. The problem only arises
when you have memory to release _earlier_ than that.
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