linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fix return type of r8712_xmit

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:13:00 -0700
From:   Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Sathish Kumar <skumark1902@...il.com>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fix return type of r8712_xmit_entry

Looks like this was already fixed in 307d343620e1fc7a6a2b7a1cdadb705532c9b6a5

Ignore this patch.


On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 4:12 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 02:46:03PM -0700, 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 r8712_xmit_entry 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>
>
> The prototype in drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_osdep.h should be updated
> as well. With that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
> > index 4a93839bf947..e84b9fa231cd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
> > @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void r8712_xmit_complete(struct _adapter *padapter, struct xmit_frame *pxframe)
> >       pxframe->pkt = NULL;
> >  }
> >
> > -int r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct  net_device *netdev)
> > +netdev_tx_t r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct  net_device *netdev)
> >  {
> >       struct xmit_frame *xmitframe = NULL;
> >       struct _adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > @@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ int r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct  net_device *netdev)
> >       }
> >       xmitpriv->tx_pkts++;
> >       xmitpriv->tx_bytes += xmitframe->attrib.last_txcmdsz;
> > -     return 0;
> > +     return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> >  _xmit_entry_drop:
> >       if (xmitframe)
> >               r8712_free_xmitframe(xmitpriv, xmitframe);
> >       xmitpriv->tx_drop++;
> >       dev_kfree_skb_any(pkt);
> > -     return 0;
> > +     return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> >  }
> > --
> > 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog
> >