netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: ti: Fix return type of netcp_ndo_start

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Date:   Fri, 04 Nov 2022 05:00:27 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        trix@...hat.com, keescook@...omium.org, samitolvanen@...gle.com,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: ti: Fix return type of netcp_ndo_start_xmit()

Hello:

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

On Wed,  2 Nov 2022 09:09:33 -0700 you wrote:
> With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
> indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
> pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
> ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
> which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
> proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
> reveals:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: ethernet: ti: Fix return type of netcp_ndo_start_xmit()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/63fe6ff674a9

You are awesome, thank you!
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