linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix incorrect scsi status reporting

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Message-Id: <20120509145956.97b4ff63.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2012 14:59:56 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, stephenmcameron@...il.com,
	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	thenzl@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix incorrect scsi status reporting

On Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:14 -0500
"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com> wrote:

> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> 
> Delete code which sets SCSI status incorrectly as it's already
> been set correctly above this incorrect code.  Bug was introduced
> by b0e15f6db1110319cb2e747e59e1200450a5ba3e
> "cciss: fix typo that causes scsi status to be lost." in 2009.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Roel van Meer <roel.vanmeer@...xing.nl>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

If the bug is three years old, it presumably isn't a terribly serious
one.  Why was the -stable backport recommended?

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