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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-03-17 09:44:42 +1300
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-03-17 10:45:20 +1300
commit75e7378f6e15271385d50543a031b1a3bee6be13 (patch)
treef0536532c843ff026233616a036960f82d7fa375
parentb0488cb5113746a2847964c5cb26e5dc0e302b55 (diff)
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Small tidyup for commit d41a178b.
A comment was left behind claiming that we needed to use malloc() rather than palloc() because the corresponding free would run in another thread, but that's not true anymore. Remove that comment. And, with the reason being gone, we might as well actually use palloc(). Back-patch to supported releases, like d41a178b. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKG%2BpdM9v3Jv4tc2BFx2jh_daY3uzUyAGBhtDkotEQDNPYw%40mail.gmail.com
-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 799cb978ac4..d4769765742 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -4836,13 +4836,10 @@ retry:
/*
* Queue a waiter to signal when this child dies. The wait will be handled
- * automatically by an operating system thread pool.
- *
- * Note: use malloc instead of palloc, since it needs to be thread-safe.
- * Struct will be free():d from the callback function that runs on a
- * different thread.
+ * automatically by an operating system thread pool. The memory will be
+ * freed by a later call to waitpid().
*/
- childinfo = malloc(sizeof(win32_deadchild_waitinfo));
+ childinfo = palloc(sizeof(win32_deadchild_waitinfo));
if (!childinfo)
ereport(FATAL,
(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
@@ -6523,7 +6520,7 @@ waitpid(pid_t pid, int *exitstatus, int options)
* Free struct that was allocated before the call to
* RegisterWaitForSingleObject()
*/
- free(childinfo);
+ pfree(childinfo);
return pid;
}