+ rtc-core-fix-memory-leak.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     rtc-core: fix memory leak
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     rtc-core-fix-memory-leak.patch

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Subject: rtc-core: fix memory leak
From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxxxx>

The idr should be destroyed when the module is unloaded. Found with
kmemleak.

Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/rtc/class.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN drivers/rtc/class.c~rtc-core-fix-memory-leak drivers/rtc/class.c
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c~rtc-core-fix-memory-leak
+++ a/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static void __exit rtc_exit(void)
 {
 	rtc_dev_exit();
 	class_destroy(rtc_class);
+	idr_destroy(&rtc_idr);
 }
 
 subsys_initcall(rtc_init);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxxxx are

linux-next.patch
rtc-core-fix-memory-leak.patch

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