linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools: hv: fcopy: set 'error' in case an unknown operation was requested

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Message-ID: <20180917045613.GA25435@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:56:13 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com, Michael.H.Kelley@...rosoft.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com
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@...uxonhyperv.com wrote:
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> 
> '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@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

No need to backport for stable?