linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 145/342] tools: hv: vss: fix the write()s argument: error -> vss

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Date:	Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:54:31 +0000
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 145/342] tools: hv: vss: fix the write()s argument: error -> vss_msg

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>

commit a689d2510f188e75391dbebacbddfd74d42f2a7e upstream.

Fix the write()'s argument in the daemon code.

Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			syslog(LOG_ERR, "Illegal op:%d\n", op);
 		}
 		vss_msg->error = error;
-		len = write(vss_fd, &error, sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg));
+		len = write(vss_fd, vss_msg, sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg));
 		if (len != sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg)) {
 			syslog(LOG_ERR, "write failed; error: %d %s", errno,
 			       strerror(errno));