Hi all
In src\backend\utils\misc\guc.c, I found a potential memory leak.
make_absolute_path() return a malloc'd copy, we should free memory before the function return false.
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SelectConfigFiles(const char *userDoption, const char *progname)
{
......
/* configdir is -D option, or $PGDATA if no -D */
if (userDoption)
configdir = make_absolute_path(userDoption); ★
else
configdir = make_absolute_path(getenv("PGDATA")); ★
if (configdir && stat(configdir, &stat_buf) != 0)
{
write_stderr("%s: could not access directory \"%s\": %s\n",
progname,
configdir,
strerror(errno));
if (errno == ENOENT)
write_stderr("Run initdb or pg_basebackup to initialize a PostgreSQL data directory.\n");
★// Need to free memory of configdir
return false;
}
......
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Refer to the following files for the implementation of make_absolute_path().
file: src\port\path.c
/*
* make_absolute_path
*
* If the given pathname isn't already absolute, make it so, interpreting
* it relative to the current working directory.
*
* Also canonicalizes the path. The result is always a malloc'd copy.