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Re: Bug fix. autovacuum.c do_worker_start() associates memory allocations with TopMemoryContext rather than 'Autovacuum start worker (tmp)' - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Bug fix. autovacuum.c do_worker_start() associates memory allocations with TopMemoryContext rather than 'Autovacuum start worker (tmp)'
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In response to Re: Bug fix. autovacuum.c do_worker_start() associates memory allocations with TopMemoryContext rather than 'Autovacuum start worker (tmp)'  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 01:09:22PM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2022-08-31 16:05:03 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Even if there's only a visible leak in v15/HEAD, I'm inclined
>> to back-patch this all the way, because it's certainly buggy
>> on its own terms.  It's just the merest accident that neither
>> caller is leaking other stuff into TopMemoryContext, because
>> they both think they are using a short-lived context.
>
> +1

Ouch.  Thanks for the quick fix and the backpatch.
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Michael
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