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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c827309..859bee4 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,9 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
* .cpuinit.data => __cpudata
* .memexitconst => __memconst
* etc.
+ *
+ * The memory of returned value has been allocated on a heap. The user of this
+ * method should free it after usage.
*/
static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
{
@@ -1215,7 +1218,7 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
strcat(p, "data ");
else
strcat(p, " ");
- return r; /* we leak her but we do not care */
+ return r;
} else {
return "";
}
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