Re: not checking value returned from palloc? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Dilger
Subject Re: not checking value returned from palloc?
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Msg-id 441DD52C.9090001@markdilger.com
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In response to Re: not checking value returned from palloc?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Mark Dilger wrote:
> 
>>Looking through the postgresql source code, I notice that there are
>>many places were palloc is used but the return value is not checked
>>to see if it is null.
> 
> 
> palloc will throw an exception if it cannot fulfill the request.  Code 
> that checks the return value for null is in fact a waste.
> 

Interesting.  So the patch should go the other way, and remove the checks that 
are currently in the code?


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