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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:38:28 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] usb: xhci: fix return value of xhci_setup_device()
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On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:41:02AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> xhci_setup_device() should return failure with correct error number
> when xhci host has died, removed or halted.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.3+

Why is this a stable kernel issue?  What bug does it fix that affects
users?

thanks,

greg k-h