Thread: BUG #17422: Memory leak
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 17422 Logged by: Vitaly Stoyan Email address: vitstn@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 13.6 Operating system: any Description: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/REL_13_STABLE/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c#L83 It seems memory allocated by palloc for lex variable isn't freed
On 2022-03-01 17:06:02 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote: > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > Bug reference: 17422 > Logged by: Vitaly Stoyan > Email address: vitstn@gmail.com > PostgreSQL version: 13.6 > Operating system: any > Description: > > https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/REL_13_STABLE/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c#L83 > > It seems memory allocated by palloc for lex variable isn't freed In a lot of places we free memory in bulk by resetting memory contexts. See https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/backend/utils/mmgr/README Greetings, Andres Freund