memory leak regression 9.1 versus 8.1

I'm working on an upgrade of PostgreSQL embedded in a product from
version 8.1.x to 9.1.x. One particular PL/pgSQL function is giving us an
issue as there seems to be a rather severe regression in memory usage --
a query that finishes in 8.1 causes an out of memory exception on 9.1.

Using the same data on the same machine I see memory use stay steady at
a reasonably low value on the 8.1 installation but steadily climb on 9.1
(I watched it go over 2 GB and canceled the query -- the production
machines are 32 bit)

The attached standalone script seems to reproduce the effect. On 8.1
memory usage remains steady and low, on 9.1 I watched it climb past 1.1
GB and canceled the query.

I suspect the append node to be the culprit because if I skip the "UNION
ALL", i.e. if I use one generate_series with 20 million rows instead of
10 with 2 million each, then I do not see the memory leak. The real
function is actually selecting over many inherited tables (i.e. a
partitioned table).

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Joe

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