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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-03-17 09:44:42 +1300
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-03-17 09:54:51 +1300
commit6f508b8bce2ed66eef310e1b77a84ce1cd222aeb (patch)
tree15c87dc87f9c69c753026df6625645a8bd0d983d /src
parent8362884275b5ba0620b1edfff260078910159c98 (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
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-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 70110ed3f83..0023877aa6a 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -4830,13 +4830,10 @@ 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),
@@ -6571,7 +6568,7 @@ waitpid(pid_t pid, int *exitstatus, int options)
* Free struct that was allocated before the call to
* RegisterWaitForSingleObject()
*/
- free(childinfo);
+ pfree(childinfo);
return pid;
}