From: "Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>,
Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:42:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2148.git.git.1767098576384.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
The do_handle_client() function allocates a khash table to de-duplicate
pathnames when responding to client requests. Two issues existed:
1. 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 (allocated by kh_init_str via xcalloc). This caused a
40-byte leak per request.
2. The khash was freed mid-function rather than in the cleanup section,
so if the worker thread was interrupted before reaching that point
during daemon shutdown, the memory would leak.
Fix both issues by:
- Initializing shown = NULL at declaration
- Using kh_destroy_str() which handles NULL and frees both internal
arrays and the struct itself
- Moving the cleanup to the cleanup section so it runs on all exit paths
Signed-off-by: Claude <claude@anthropic.com>
---
fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client
The do_handle_client() function allocates a khash table to de-duplicate
pathnames when responding to client requests. Two issues existed:
1. 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 (allocated by kh_init_str via xcalloc). This caused a
40-byte leak per request.
2. The khash was freed mid-function rather than in the cleanup section,
so if the worker thread was interrupted before reaching that point
during daemon shutdown, the memory would leak.
Fix both issues by:
* Initializing shown = NULL at declaration
* Using kh_destroy_str() which handles NULL and frees both internal
arrays and the struct itself
* Moving the cleanup to the cleanup section so it runs on all exit
paths
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2148%2Fptarjan%2Fclaude%2Ffix-fsmonitor-hashmap-leak-gfDCU-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2148/ptarjan/claude/fix-fsmonitor-hashmap-leak-gfDCU-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2148
builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 242c594646..bc4571938c 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static int do_handle_client(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
const struct fsmonitor_batch *batch;
struct fsmonitor_batch *remainder = NULL;
intmax_t count = 0, duplicates = 0;
- kh_str_t *shown;
+ kh_str_t *shown = NULL;
int hash_ret;
int do_trivial = 0;
int do_flush = 0;
@@ -909,8 +909,6 @@ static int do_handle_client(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
total_response_len += payload.len;
}
- kh_release_str(shown);
-
pthread_mutex_lock(&state->main_lock);
if (token_data->client_ref_count > 0)
@@ -954,6 +952,7 @@ static int do_handle_client(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
trace2_data_intmax("fsmonitor", the_repository, "response/count/duplicates", duplicates);
cleanup:
+ kh_destroy_str(shown);
strbuf_release(&response_token);
strbuf_release(&requested_token_id);
strbuf_release(&payload);
base-commit: 7c7698a654a7a0031f65b0ab0c1c4e438e95df60
--
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next reply other threads:[~2025-12-30 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-30 12:42 Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget [this message]
2025-12-31 8:37 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client René Scharfe
2025-12-31 14:39 ` [PATCH v2] " Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget
2026-01-01 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-02 1:24 ` Paul Tarjan
2026-01-04 2:19 ` Junio C Hamano
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