linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/imx: imx-tve: Fix return type of imx_tve_connector_mode

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:23:46 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/imx: imx-tve: Fix return type of imx_tve_connector_mode_valid

Hi Nathan,

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 5:55 PM Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The mode_valid field in drm_connector_helper_funcs is expected to be of
> type:
> enum drm_mode_status (* mode_valid) (struct drm_connector *connector,
>                                      struct drm_display_mode *mode);
>
> The mismatched return type breaks forward edge kCFI since the underlying
> function definition does not match the function hook definition.
>
> The return type of imx_tve_connector_mode_valid should be changed from
> int to enum drm_mode_status.
>
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>