tree 97cf1ee6fd2d9e07839529c4fb2befc926ad93f7
parent ce5c2d2c256a4c8b523036537cd6be2d6af8f69d
author Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> 1446678111 +0100
committer Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 1447225484 -0500

debugfs: fix refcount imbalance in start_creating

In debugfs' start_creating(), we pin the file system to safely access
its root. When we failed to create a file, we unpin the file system via
failed_creating() to release the mount count and eventually the reference
of the vfsmount.

However, when we run into an error during lookup_one_len() when still
in start_creating(), we only release the parent's mutex but not so the
reference on the mount. Looks like it was done in the past, but after
splitting portions of __create_file() into start_creating() and
end_creating() via 190afd81e4a5 ("debugfs: split the beginning and the
end of __create_file() off"), this seemed missed. Noticed during code
review.

Fixes: 190afd81e4a5 ("debugfs: split the beginning and the end of __create_file() off")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.0+
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>