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+'\" t
+.\" Title: SPI_pfree
+.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 2023
+.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation
+.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.5
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "SPI_PFREE" "3" "2023" "PostgreSQL 15.5" "PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+SPI_pfree \- free memory in the upper executor context
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+void SPI_pfree(void * \fIpointer\fR)
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBSPI_pfree\fR
+frees memory previously allocated using
+\fBSPI_palloc\fR
+or
+\fBSPI_repalloc\fR\&.
+.PP
+This function is no longer different from plain
+\fBpfree\fR\&. It\*(Aqs kept just for backward compatibility of existing code\&.
+.SH "ARGUMENTS"
+.PP
+void * \fIpointer\fR
+.RS 4
+pointer to existing storage to free
+.RE