netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: litex: Fix return type of liteeth_start

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 01:40:17 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: litex: Fix return type of liteeth_start_xmit

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:53:07 -0700 you 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 liteeth_start_xmit should be changed from int to
> netdev_tx_t.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: ethernet: litex: Fix return type of liteeth_start_xmit
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/40662333dd7c

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