linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type of rtllib

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Message-ID: <3b60a44b-2868-ba93-bb0c-d937a209f03e@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:48:14 +0200
From:   Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To:     Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Felix Schlepper <f3sch.git@...look.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type of rtllib_xmit

On 9/12/22 23:45, Nathan Huckleberry wrote:
> The ndo_start_xmit field in net_device_ops is expected to be of type
> netdev_tx_t (*ndo_start_xmit)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev).
> 
> The mismatched return type breaks forward edge kCFI since the underlying
> function definition does not match the function hook definition.
> 
> The return type of rtllib_xmit should be changed from int to
> netdev_tx_t.
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter<error27@...il.com>
> Link:https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703
> Cc:llvm@...ts.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry<nhuck@...gle.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 8 ++++----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
> index 42f81b23a144..1b665afd309e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c

Hi,

I cannot apply your patch.

Applying: Staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type of rtllib_xmit
error: patch failed: drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c:962
error: drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c: patch does not apply
Patch failed at 0001 Staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type of rtllib_xmit

git remote show origin
* remote origin
   Fetch URL: 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
...
my branch: staging-testing

Bye Philipp