linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix rtw_xmit

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:14:00 -0700
From:   Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix rtw_xmit_entry return type

Looks like this was already fixed in a90044ef5605bc0961356548526c44964bc819a7

Ignore this patch.


On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 4:14 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 02:46:14PM -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 rtw_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/rtl8723bs/include/xmit_osdep.h should
> be updated as well. With that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c | 13 +++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
> > index 530e7a6c67c5..472d3ac0179b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
> > @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int rtw_mlcst2unicst(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *skb)
> >       return true;
> >  }
> >
> > -int _rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct net_device *pnetdev)
> > +netdev_tx_t _rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct net_device *pnetdev)
> >  {
> >       struct adapter *padapter = rtw_netdev_priv(pnetdev);
> >       struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
> > @@ -217,15 +217,12 @@ int _rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct net_device *pnetdev)
> >       dev_kfree_skb_any(pkt);
> >
> >  exit:
> > -     return 0;
> > +     return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> >  }
> >
> > -int rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct net_device *pnetdev)
> > +netdev_tx_t rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct net_device *pnetdev)
> >  {
> > -     int ret = 0;
> > -
> >       if (pkt)
> > -             ret = _rtw_xmit_entry(pkt, pnetdev);
> > -
> > -     return ret;
> > +             return _rtw_xmit_entry(pkt, pnetdev);
> > +     return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> >  }
> > --
> > 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog
> >