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    Avoid holding a directory FD open across pg_ls_dir_files() calls. · 085b6b66
    Tom Lane authored
    This coding technique is undesirable because (a) it leaks the FD for
    the rest of the transaction if the SRF is not run to completion, and
    (b) allocated FDs are a scarce resource, but multiple interleaved
    uses of the relevant functions could eat many such FDs.
    
    In v11 and later, a query such as "SELECT pg_ls_waldir() LIMIT 1"
    yields a warning about the leaked FD, and the only reason there's
    no warning in earlier branches is that fd.c didn't whine about such
    leaks before commit 9cb7db3f.  Even disregarding the warning, it
    wouldn't be too hard to run a backend out of FDs with careless use
    of these SQL functions.
    
    Hence, rewrite the function so that it reads the directory within
    a single call, returning the results as a tuplestore rather than
    via value-per-call mode.
    
    There are half a dozen other built-in SRFs with similar problems,
    but let's fix this one to start with, just to see if the buildfarm
    finds anything wrong with the code.
    
    In passing, fix bogus error report for stat() failure: it was
    whining about the directory when it should be fingering the
    individual file.  Doubtless a copy-and-paste error.
    
    Back-patch to v10 where this function was added.
    
    Justin Pryzby, with cosmetic tweaks and test cases by me
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200308173103.GC1357@telsasoft.com
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