Re: get_controlfile() can leak fds in the backend - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2/27/19 7:54 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 07:45:11PM -0500, Joe Conway wrote:
>> It seems to me that OpenTransientFile() is more appropriate. Patch done
>> that way attached.
>
> Works for me, thanks for sending a patch!  While on it, could you
> clean up the comment on top of get_controlfile()?  "char" is mentioned
> instead of "const char" for DataDir which is incorrect.  I would
> remove the complete set of arguments from the description and just
> keep the routine name.

Sure, will do. What are your thoughts on backpatching? This seems
unlikely to be a practical concern in the field, so my inclination is a
master only fix.

Joe

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