postgres/contrib
Tom Lane 8e7d584520 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 15:03:56 -04:00
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adminpack Fix pg_file_write() error handling. 2017-03-12 19:36:06 -04:00
auth_delay Limit values of archive_timeout, post_auth_delay, auth_delay.milliseconds. 2012-11-18 17:15:06 -05:00
auto_explain Print planning time only in EXPLAIN ANALYZE, not plain EXPLAIN. 2014-10-15 18:50:16 -04:00
btree_gin Make contrib regression tests safe for Danish locale. 2016-07-21 16:52:36 -04:00
btree_gist Ensure plan stability in contrib/btree_gist regression test. 2016-05-12 20:04:40 -04:00
chkpass Fix volatility markings of some contrib I/O functions. 2014-11-05 11:34:13 -05:00
citext Make contrib regression tests safe for Danish locale. 2016-07-21 16:52:36 -04:00
cube Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
dblink Fix ancient connection leak in dblink 2017-03-11 13:33:14 -08:00
dict_int Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
dict_xsyn Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
dummy_seclabel Update copyright for 2014 2014-01-07 16:05:30 -05:00
earthdistance Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
file_fdw Fix contrib/file_fdw's expected file 2015-03-06 11:47:09 -03:00
fuzzystrmatch Add missing va_end() call to a early exit in dmetaphone.c's StringAt(). 2015-01-04 15:35:46 +01:00
hstore Fix IsValidJsonNumber() to notice trailing non-alphanumeric garbage. 2016-02-03 01:39:08 -05:00
intagg Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
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 11:34:24 +02:00
lo Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
ltree Spelling fixes 2017-03-14 13:45:48 -04:00
oid2name pgindent run for 9.4 2014-05-06 12:12:18 -04:00
pageinspect Remove unused macros. 2016-05-02 10:09:01 +03:00
passwordcheck Update copyright for 2014 2014-01-07 16:05:30 -05:00
pg_archivecleanup Fix new warnings from GCC 7 2017-05-15 13:31:42 -04:00
pg_buffercache pg_buffercache: Allow huge allocations. 2016-09-15 09:22:52 -04:00
pg_freespacemap Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
pg_prewarm Add interrupt checks to contrib/pg_prewarm. 2014-11-12 21:06:32 +01:00
pg_standby Fix new warnings from GCC 7 2017-05-15 13:31:42 -04:00
pg_stat_statements Avoid unlikely data-loss scenarios due to rename() without fsync. 2016-03-09 18:53:54 -08:00
pg_test_fsync Avoid depending on non-POSIX behavior of fcntl(2). 2017-04-21 15:55:56 -04:00
pg_test_timing Correctly handle test durations of more than 2147s in pg_test_timing. 2015-01-04 15:52:52 +01:00
pg_trgm Further fix pg_trgm's extraction of trigrams from regular expressions. 2017-04-14 14:52:03 -04:00
pg_upgrade Obstruct shell, SQL, and conninfo injection via database and role names. 2016-08-08 10:07:51 -04:00
pg_upgrade_support Create function prototype as part of PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1 macro 2014-04-18 00:03:19 -04:00
pg_xlogdump pg_xlogdump: Remove extra newline in error message 2017-03-08 09:59:18 -05:00
pgbench Fix pgbench's calculation of average latency, when -T is not used. 2016-09-21 13:16:24 +03:00
pgcrypto Support OpenSSL 1.1.0 in 9.4 branch. 2017-04-15 20:16:03 -04:00
pgrowlocks Fix handling of multixacts predating pg_upgrade 2016-06-24 18:29:28 -04:00
pgstattuple Remove unused macros. 2016-05-02 10:09:01 +03:00
postgres_fdw Fix low-probability leaks of PGresult objects in the backend. 2017-06-15 15:03:56 -04:00
seg Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
sepgsql Silence compiler warning in sepgsql 2017-04-06 14:24:46 -07:00
spi Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
sslinfo Fix error message wording in previous sslinfo commit 2015-09-08 11:10:20 -03:00
start-scripts Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
tablefunc Handle unexpected query results, especially NULLs, safely in connectby(). 2015-01-29 20:18:37 -05:00
tcn pgindent run for 9.4 2014-05-06 12:12:18 -04:00
test_decoding Fix race condition leading to hanging logical slot creation. 2017-05-13 14:21:00 -07:00
test_parser Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
test_shm_mq pgindent run for 9.4 2014-05-06 12:12:18 -04:00
tsearch2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
unaccent Fix typos in some error messages thrown by extension scripts when fed to psql. 2014-08-25 18:30:28 +02:00
uuid-ossp Give a useful error message if uuid-ossp is built without preconfiguration. 2016-12-22 11:19:23 -05:00
vacuumlo Centralize getopt-related declarations in a new header file pg_getopt.h. 2014-02-15 14:31:30 -05:00
worker_spi worker_spi: Call pgstat_report_stat. 2016-09-28 12:40:17 -04:00
xml2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:24 +02:00
contrib-global.mk Remove cvs keywords from all files. 2010-09-20 22:08:53 +02:00
Makefile Support BSD and e2fsprogs UUID libraries alongside OSSP UUID library. 2014-05-27 19:42:08 -04:00
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.