From b564eb0181e678ee58c1be2e9f3c53eeb68f8c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Vondra Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:14:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Free memory after building each statistics object Until now, all extended statistics on a given relation were built in the same memory context, without resetting. Some of the memory was released explicitly, but not all of it - for example memory allocated while detoasting values is hard to free. This is how it worked since extended statistics were introduced in PostgreSQL 10, but adding support for extended stats on expressions made the issue somewhat worse as it increases the number of statistics to build. Fixed by adding a memory context which gets reset after building each statistics object (all the statistics kinds included in it). Resetting it after building each statistics kind would be even better, but it would require more invasive changes and copying of results, making it harder to backpatch. Backpatch to PostgreSQL 10, where extended statistics were introduced. Author: Justin Pryzby Reported-by: Justin Pryzby Reviewed-by: Tomas Vondra Backpatch-through: 10 Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210915200928.GP831%40telsasoft.com --- src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c index 0c80e55d107..4c19336b293 100644 --- a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c +++ b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c @@ -97,14 +97,15 @@ BuildRelationExtStatistics(Relation onerel, double totalrows, MemoryContext oldcxt; int64 ext_cnt; + pg_stext = table_open(StatisticExtRelationId, RowExclusiveLock); + stats = fetch_statentries_for_relation(pg_stext, RelationGetRelid(onerel)); + + /* memory context for building each statistics object */ cxt = AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext, "BuildRelationExtStatistics", ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES); oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(cxt); - pg_stext = table_open(StatisticExtRelationId, RowExclusiveLock); - stats = fetch_statentries_for_relation(pg_stext, RelationGetRelid(onerel)); - /* report this phase */ if (stats != NIL) { @@ -189,12 +190,17 @@ BuildRelationExtStatistics(Relation onerel, double totalrows, /* for reporting progress */ pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_ANALYZE_EXT_STATS_COMPUTED, ++ext_cnt); - } - table_close(pg_stext, RowExclusiveLock); + /* free the data used for building this statistics object */ + MemoryContextReset(cxt); + } MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt); MemoryContextDelete(cxt); + + list_free(stats); + + table_close(pg_stext, RowExclusiveLock); } /*