cgroup: fix cgroup_subsys_state leak for seq_files

If a cgroup file implements either read_map() or read_seq_string(),
such file is served using seq_file by overriding file->f_op to
cgroup_seqfile_operations, which also overrides the release method to
single_release() from cgroup_file_release().

Because cgroup_file_open() didn't use to acquire any resources, this
used to be fine, but since f7d58818ba42 ("cgroup: pin
cgroup_subsys_state when opening a cgroupfs file"), cgroup_file_open()
pins the css (cgroup_subsys_state) which is put by
cgroup_file_release().  The patch forgot to update the release path
for seq_files and each open/release cycle leaks a css reference.

Fix it by updating cgroup_file_release() to also handle seq_files and
using it for seq_file release path too.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.12

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a7b98ee35ef7..8b729c278b64 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static void cgroup_destroy_css_killed(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 static int cgroup_addrm_files(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype cfts[],
                               bool is_add);
+static int cgroup_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
 /**
  * cgroup_css - obtain a cgroup's css for the specified subsystem
@@ -2429,7 +2430,7 @@ static const struct file_operations cgroup_seqfile_operations = {
         .read = seq_read,
         .write = cgroup_file_write,
         .llseek = seq_lseek,
-        .release = single_release,
+        .release = cgroup_file_release,
 };
 
 static int cgroup_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -2490,6 +2491,8 @@ static int cgroup_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 ret = cft->release(inode, file);
         if (css->ss)
                 css_put(css);
+        if (file->f_op == &cgroup_seqfile_operations)
+                single_release(inode, file);
         return ret;
 }