+ fix-scripts-mod-modpostc-fix-memory-leak.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     fix "scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix memory leak"
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     fix-scripts-mod-modpostc-fix-memory-leak.patch

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Subject: fix "scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix memory leak"
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Fix error introduced by 37ed19d5cce35a40d3913cf9aa208ce9f60db3d7
("scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix memory leak").

- don't kfree("")

- fix one missed conversion

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Alexey Fomenko <ext-alexey.fomenko@nokia.com>
Cc: Trevor Keith <tsrk@tsrk.net>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/mod/modpost.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN scripts/mod/modpost.c~fix-scripts-mod-modpostc-fix-memory-leak scripts/mod/modpost.c
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c~fix-scripts-mod-modpostc-fix-memory-leak
+++ a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "modpost.h"
 #include "../../include/generated/autoconf.h"
 #include "../../include/linux/license.h"
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *
 			strcat(p, " ");
 		return r; /* we leak her but we do not care */
 	} else {
-		return "";
+		return strdup("");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1302,7 +1303,7 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const ch
 		"%s%s so it may be used outside an exit section.\n",
 		from, prl_from, fromsym, from_p,
 		to, prl_to, tosym, to_p,
-		sec2annotation(tosec), tosym, to_p);
+		prl_to, tosym, to_p);
 		free(prl_from);
 		free(prl_to);
 		break;
_

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