RE: [PATCH 2/2] tools: hv: fcopy: set 'error' in case an unknown operation was requested

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 9:56 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; Stephen
> Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Michael Kelley (EOSG)
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools: hv: fcopy: set 'error' in case an unknown
> operation was requested
> 
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 04:14:55AM +0000, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 'error' variable is left uninitialized in case we see an unknown operation.
> > As we don't immediately return and proceed to pwrite() we need to set it
> > to something, HV_E_FAIL sounds good enough.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> No need to backport for stable?
Thanks for pointing this out. Should I resubmit with the stable tag?

Thanks,

K. Y