On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jim Mlodgenski <[email protected]> writes: > > I have an extension[1] that adds a collection data type using the expanded > > object API. Things perform well as it gets passed around inside a plpgsql > > function, but when passing it as an INOUT parameter, I'm hitting a double > > free. > > You really need to show us your C code. I tried this variant of > your test case: >
The code is here for reference https://github.com/aws/pgcollection/blob/main/src/collection.c > In any case, the lack of failure for an array seems to me to let > plpgsql off the hook. There's something in your extension that's > not doing what's expected. > Thanks for pulling me up from the rabbit hole. It looks like when things come as an INOUT, they are RO and the extension is not handling that properly. Twiddling with that solves my double free issue, but has other impacts based on my bad assumptions. It does set me on the right path though for a full fix in the extension. --Jim
