Re: Refactoring backend fork+exec code

"Tristan Partin" <tristan@neon.tech> writes:
> On Fri Dec 1, 2023 at 2:44 PM CST, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Committed a fix with memset(). I'm not sure what our policy with 
>> backpatching this kind of issues is. This goes back to all supported 
>> versions, but given the lack of complaints, I chose to not backpatch.

> Seems like a harmless think to backpatch. It is conceivable that someone 
> might want to run Valgrind on something other than HEAD.

FWIW, I agree with Heikki's conclusion.  EXEC_BACKEND on non-Windows
is already a niche developer-only setup, and given the lack of complaints,
nobody's that interested in running Valgrind with it.  Fixing it on HEAD
seems like plenty.

            regards, tom lane