setup-postgres-valgrind

An action for Postgres + Valgrind 🎉

• Great for testing Postgres extensions
• Works with regression and TAP tests

Getting Started

Add it as a step to your workflow

      - uses: ankane/setup-postgres-valgrind@v1

Compile and install your extension

      - run: make
      - run: sudo --preserve-env=PG_CONFIG make install

And run your tests

      - run: make installcheck
      - run: make prove_installcheck

Errors are shown on the summary page and in the Post Run step

Versions

Specify a Postgres version

      - uses: ankane/setup-postgres-valgrind@v1
        with:
          postgres-version: 18

Currently supports 18 (default), 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, and 12

Test against multiple versions

    strategy:
      matrix:
        postgres-version: [17, 16, 15, 14, 13]
    steps:
      - uses: ankane/setup-postgres-valgrind@v1
        with:
          postgres-version: ${{ matrix.postgres-version }}

Options

Track the origin of uninitialized values (slower but useful for debugging)

      - uses: ankane/setup-postgres-valgrind@v1
        with:
          track-origins: yes

References

• Valgrind and Postgres
• Memcheck Manual

Credits

Thanks to Tom Lane for sharing how to use Valgrind with TAP tests.

Related Actions

• setup-postgres

Contributing

Everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are a few ways you can help:

• Report bugs
• Fix bugs and submit pull requests
• Write, clarify, or fix documentation
• Suggest or add new features