This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
tools-hv-vss-fix-the-write-s-argument-error-vss_msg.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From a689d2510f188e75391dbebacbddfd74d42f2a7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:01:58 -0800
Subject: tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg
From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit a689d2510f188e75391dbebacbddfd74d42f2a7e upstream.
Fix the write()'s argument in the daemon code.
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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));
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/tools-hv-vss-fix-the-write-s-argument-error-vss_msg.patch
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