postgresql/contrib
Tom Lane b217459877 Fix low-probability leaks of PGresult objects in the backend.
We had three occurrences of essentially the same coding pattern
wherein we tried to retrieve a query result from a libpq connection
without blocking.  In the case where PQconsumeInput failed (typically
indicating a lost connection), all three loops simply gave up and
returned, forgetting to clear any previously-collected PGresult
object.  Since those are malloc'd not palloc'd, the oversight results
in a process-lifespan memory leak.

One instance, in libpqwalreceiver, is of little significance because
the walreceiver process would just quit anyway if its connection fails.
But we might as well fix it.

The other two instances, in postgres_fdw, are somewhat more worrisome
because at least in principle the scenario could be repeated, allowing
the amount of memory leaked to build up to something worth worrying
about.  Moreover, in these cases the loops contain CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
calls, as well as other calls that could potentially elog(ERROR),
providing another way to exit without having cleared the PGresult.
Here we need to add PG_TRY logic similar to what exists in quite a
few other places in postgres_fdw.

Coverity noted the libpqwalreceiver bug; I found the other two cases
by checking all calls of PQconsumeInput.

Back-patch to all supported versions as appropriate (9.2 lacks
postgres_fdw, so this is really quite unexciting for that branch).

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/22620.1497486981@sss.pgh.pa.us
2017-06-15 15:03:53 -04:00
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adminpack Fix pg_file_write() error handling. 2017-03-12 19:35:49 -04:00
auth_delay Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 14:19:48 -05:00
auto_explain pgindent run for 9.6 2016-06-09 18:02:36 -04:00
bloom Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
btree_gin Make contrib regression tests safe for Danish locale. 2016-07-21 16:52:35 -04:00
btree_gist Handle contrib's GIN/GIST support function signature changes honestly. 2016-06-09 16:44:25 -04:00
chkpass Avoid returning undefined bytes in chkpass_in(). 2015-02-14 12:20:56 -05:00
citext Repair damage done by citext--1.1--1.2.sql. 2016-07-26 15:32:57 -04:00
cube Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
dblink Fix ancient connection leak in dblink 2017-03-11 13:32:26 -08:00
dict_int Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
dict_xsyn Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
earthdistance Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
file_fdw Add macros to make AllocSetContextCreate() calls simpler and safer. 2016-08-27 17:50:38 -04:00
fuzzystrmatch Update fuzzystrmatch extension for parallel query. 2016-06-07 11:26:41 -04:00
hstore Update extensions with GIN/GIST support for parallel query. 2016-06-14 13:34:37 -04:00
hstore_plperl Suppress indentation from Data::Dumper in regression tests 2017-05-14 01:13:35 -04:00
hstore_plpython Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
intagg Schema-qualify some references to regprocedure. 2016-06-10 10:41:58 -04:00
intarray Fix -e option in contrib/intarray/bench/bench.pl. 2016-08-17 15:51:10 -04:00
isn Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
lo Update lo extension for parallel query. 2016-06-07 11:26:42 -04:00
ltree Spelling fixes 2017-03-14 13:45:54 -04:00
ltree_plpython Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
oid2name Add file version information to most installed Windows binaries. 2014-07-14 14:07:52 -04:00
pageinspect Back-patch portability fixes for contrib/pageinspect/ginfuncs.c. 2016-11-04 12:37:29 -04:00
passwordcheck Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
pg_buffercache pg_buffercache: Allow huge allocations. 2016-09-15 09:30:37 -04:00
pg_freespacemap Update pg_freespacemap extension for parallel query. 2016-06-09 17:18:16 -04:00
pg_prewarm Update pg_prewarm extension for parallel query. 2016-06-09 17:18:18 -04:00
pg_standby Fix new warnings from GCC 7 2017-05-16 08:52:39 -04:00
pg_stat_statements Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
pg_trgm Further fix pg_trgm's extraction of trigrams from regular expressions. 2017-04-14 14:52:03 -04:00
pg_visibility Fix bugs in contrib/pg_visibility. 2016-10-01 16:32:55 -04:00
pgcrypto Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
pgrowlocks Fix handling of multixacts predating pg_upgrade 2016-06-24 18:29:28 -04:00
pgstattuple Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
postgres_fdw Fix low-probability leaks of PGresult objects in the backend. 2017-06-15 15:03:53 -04:00
seg Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
sepgsql Silence compiler warning in sepgsql 2017-04-06 14:24:41 -07:00
spi Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
sslinfo Support OpenSSL 1.1.0. 2016-09-15 12:55:38 +03:00
start-scripts Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
tablefunc Widen query numbers-of-tuples-processed counters to uint64. 2016-03-12 16:05:29 -05:00
tcn Revert CREATE INDEX ... INCLUDING ... 2016-04-08 21:52:13 +03:00
test_decoding Fix race condition leading to hanging logical slot creation. 2017-05-13 14:21:00 -07:00
tsearch2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
tsm_system_rows Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
tsm_system_time Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
unaccent Update unaccent extension for parallel query. 2016-06-14 14:55:49 -04:00
uuid-ossp Give a useful error message if uuid-ossp is built without preconfiguration. 2016-12-22 11:19:13 -05:00
vacuumlo Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
xml2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
contrib-global.mk Respect TEMP_CONFIG when pg_regress_check and friends are called 2016-02-27 12:28:21 -05:00
Makefile Bloom index contrib module 2016-04-01 16:42:24 +03:00
README Rename 'gmake' to 'make' in docs and recommended commands 2014-02-12 17:29:19 -05:00

The PostgreSQL contrib tree
---------------------------

This subtree contains porting tools, analysis utilities, and plug-in
features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly
because they address a limited audience or are too experimental to be
part of the main source tree.  This does not preclude their
usefulness.

User documentation for each module appears in the main SGML
documentation.

When building from the source distribution, these modules are not
built automatically, unless you build the "world" target.  You can
also build and install them all by running "make all" and "make
install" in this directory; or to build and install just one selected
module, do the same in that module's subdirectory.

Some directories supply new user-defined functions, operators, or
types.  To make use of one of these modules, after you have installed
the code you need to register the new SQL objects in the database
system by executing a CREATE EXTENSION command.  In a fresh database,
you can simply do

    CREATE EXTENSION module_name;

See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information about this
procedure.