ProcessIncomingNotify is called from the main processing loop that normally runs in MessageContext. That outer-loop code assumes that whatever it allocates will be cleaned up when we're done processing the current client message --- but if we service a notify interrupt, then whatever gets allocated before the next switch into MessageContext will be permanently leaked in TopMemoryContext, because CommitTransactionCommand sets CurrentMemoryContext to TopMemoryContext. There are observable leaks associated with (at least) encoding conversion of incoming queries and parameters attached to Bind messages. sinval catchup interrupts have a similar problem. There might be others, but I've not identified any other clear cases. To fix, take care to save and restore CurrentMemoryContext across the Start/CommitTransactionCommand calls in these functions. Per bug #18512 from wizardbrony. Commit to back branches only; in HEAD, this was dealt with by the riskier but more thoroughgoing approach in commit 1afe31f03. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3478884.1718656625@sss.pgh.pa.us
PostgreSQL Database Management System
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