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Date:   Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:56:13 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools: hv: fcopy: set 'error' in case an unknown
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 04:14:55AM +0000, kys@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.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@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

No need to backport for stable?