postgresql/contrib/intarray
Tom Lane 7fffcc2ee9 Remove unnecessary pfree() in g_intbig_compress().
GiST compress functions (like all GiST opclass functions) are
supposed to be called in short-lived memory contexts, so that
minor memory leaks in them are not of concern, and indeed
explicit pfree's are likely slightly counterproductive.
But this one in g_intbig_compress() is more than
slightly counterproductive, because it's guarded by
"if (in != DatumGetArrayTypeP(entry->key))" which means
that if this test succeeds, we've detoasted the datum twice.
(And to add insult to injury, the extra detoast result is
leaked.)  Let's just drop the whole stanza, relying on the
GiST temporary context mechanism to clean up in good time.

The analogous bit in g_int_compress() is
       if (r != (ArrayType *) DatumGetPointer(entry->key))
           pfree(r);
which doesn't have the gratuitous-detoast problem so
I left it alone.  Perhaps there is a case for removing
unnecessary pfree's more widely, but I'm not sure if it's
worth the code churn.

The potential extra decompress seems expensive enough to
justify calling this a (minor) performance bug and
back-patching.

Konstantin Knizhnik, Matthias van de Meent, Tom Lane

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEze2Wi86=DxErfvf+SCB2UKmU2amKOF60BKuJOX=w-RojRn0A@mail.gmail.com
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bench Use perl warnings pragma consistently 2020-04-13 11:55:45 -04:00
data
expected intarray: Prevent out-of-bound memory reads with gist__int_ops 2023-06-15 13:45:41 +09:00
sql intarray: Prevent out-of-bound memory reads with gist__int_ops 2023-06-15 13:45:41 +09:00
_int_bool.c Initial pgindent and pgperltidy run for v13. 2020-05-14 13:06:50 -04:00
_int_gin.c Make the order of the header file includes consistent in contrib modules. 2019-10-24 08:05:34 +05:30
_int_gist.c intarray: Prevent out-of-bound memory reads with gist__int_ops 2023-06-15 13:45:41 +09:00
_int_op.c Clean up newlines following left parentheses 2020-01-30 13:42:14 -03:00
_int_selfuncs.c Update copyrights for 2020 2020-01-01 12:21:45 -05:00
_int_tool.c Implement operator class parameters 2020-03-30 19:17:23 +03:00
_int.h Implement operator class parameters 2020-03-30 19:17:23 +03:00
_intbig_gist.c Remove unnecessary pfree() in g_intbig_compress(). 2023-07-13 13:08:28 -04:00
.gitignore
intarray--1.0--1.1.sql
intarray--1.1--1.2.sql Make contrib modules' installation scripts more secure. 2020-08-10 10:44:42 -04:00
intarray--1.2--1.3.sql Implement operator class parameters 2020-03-30 19:17:23 +03:00
intarray--1.2.sql Update extensions with GIN/GIST support for parallel query. 2016-06-14 13:34:37 -04:00
intarray.control Implement operator class parameters 2020-03-30 19:17:23 +03:00
Makefile Implement operator class parameters 2020-03-30 19:17:23 +03:00