postgresql/contrib/postgres_fdw
Tom Lane 3c31594f55 Fix memory leakage in postgres_fdw's DirectModify code path.
postgres_fdw tries to use PG_TRY blocks to ensure that it will
eventually free the PGresult created by the remote modify command.
However, it's fundamentally impossible for this scheme to work
reliably when there's RETURNING data, because the query could fail
in between invocations of postgres_fdw's DirectModify methods.
There is at least one instance of exactly this situation in the
regression tests, and the ensuing session-lifespan leak is visible
under Valgrind.

We can improve matters by using a memory context reset callback
attached to the ExecutorState context.  That ensures that the
PGresult will be freed when the ExecutorState context is torn
down, even if control never reaches postgresEndDirectModify.

I have little faith that there aren't other potential PGresult
leakages in the backend modules that use libpq.  So I think it'd
be a good idea to apply this concept universally by creating
infrastructure that attaches a reset callback to every PGresult
generated in the backend.  However, that seems too invasive for
v18 at this point, let alone the back branches.  So for the
moment, apply this narrow fix that just makes DirectModify safe.
I have a patch in the queue for the more general idea, but it
will have to wait for v19.

Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/2976982.1748049023@sss.pgh.pa.us
Backpatch-through: 13
2025-05-30 13:45:41 -04:00
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expected Handle default NULL insertion a little better. 2025-01-29 15:31:55 -05:00
sql Restrict accesses to non-system views and foreign tables during pg_dump. 2024-08-05 06:05:25 -07:00
.gitignore Add postgres_fdw contrib module. 2013-02-21 05:27:16 -05:00
connection.c Make postgres_fdw request remote time zone 'GMT' not 'UTC'. 2024-04-21 13:46:20 -04:00
deparse.c Fix deparsing of Consts in postgres_fdw ORDER BY 2024-03-11 12:28:11 +13:00
Makefile postgres_fdw: Add function to list cached connections to foreign servers. 2021-01-18 15:11:08 +09:00
option.c Fix Y2038 issues with MyStartTime. 2024-10-07 13:51:03 -05:00
postgres_fdw--1.0--1.1.sql postgres_fdw: Add functions to discard cached connections. 2021-01-26 15:35:54 +09:00
postgres_fdw--1.0.sql Add postgres_fdw contrib module. 2013-02-21 05:27:16 -05:00
postgres_fdw.c Fix memory leakage in postgres_fdw's DirectModify code path. 2025-05-30 13:45:41 -04:00
postgres_fdw.control postgres_fdw: Add function to list cached connections to foreign servers. 2021-01-18 15:11:08 +09:00
postgres_fdw.h Fix postgres_fdw to check shippability of sort clauses properly. 2022-03-31 14:29:48 -04:00
shippable.c Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00