Re: Buildfarm failures for hash indexes: buffer leaks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Buildfarm failures for hash indexes: buffer leaks
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Msg-id 754.1540293055@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Buildfarm failures for hash indexes: buffer leaks  (Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Buildfarm failures for hash indexes: buffer leaks  (Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>)
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Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:42 PM Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
>> Both animals use gcc experimental versions, which may rather underline a
>> new bug in gcc head rather than an existing issue in pg. Or not.

> It is possible, but what could be the possible theory?

It seems like the two feasible theories are (1) gcc bug, or (2) buffer
leak that only occurs in very narrow circumstances, perhaps from a race
condition.  Given that the hash index code hasn't changed meaningfully
in several months, I thought (1) seemed more probable.

            regards, tom lane


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