Re: [PATCH v2] fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client

> On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > From: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
>> >
>> > The do_handle_client() function allocates a khash table to de-duplicate
>> > pathnames when responding to client requests. However, kh_release_str()
>> > was used instead of kh_destroy_str(). The release function only frees
>> > internal arrays (flags, keys, vals) but not the struct itself, which is
>> > allocated by kh_init_str() via xcalloc. This caused a 40-byte leak per
>> > client request.
>> >
>> > Fix by using kh_destroy_str() which properly frees both internal arrays
>> > and the struct itself. Also move the cleanup to the cleanup section and
>> > initialize shown to NULL so that kh_destroy_str() is safe to call on all
>> > exit paths.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
>> > ---
>>
>> This is already in v4 of the other larger fsmonitor-linux patch,
>> right?
>
> Correct. I sent it separately since it is currently a bug in existing
> code and you might want to merge it sooner.