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Date:   Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:28:28 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
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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 02:16:48PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 9:56 PM
> > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org;
> > olaf@aepfle.de; apw@canonical.com; jasowang@redhat.com; Stephen
> > Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>; Michael Kelley (EOSG)
> > <Michael.H.Kelley@microsoft.com>; vkuznets <vkuznets@redhat.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@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?
> Thanks for pointing this out. Should I resubmit with the stable tag?

I can do it... :)