[4.2.y-ckt stable] Patch "tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg" has been added to the 4.2.y-ckt tree

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg

to the linux-4.2.y-queue branch of the 4.2.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-4.2.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 4.2.8-ckt3.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 4.2.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From: Dexuan Cui <decui at microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:01:58 -0800
Subject: tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg

commit a689d2510f188e75391dbebacbddfd74d42f2a7e upstream.

Fix the write()'s argument in the daemon code.

Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets at redhat.com>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys at microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui at microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys at microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
index 96234b6..5d51d6f 100644
--- 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));
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