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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] clk: bcm2835: Fix return type of bcm2835_register_gate
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Quoting Nathan Chancellor (2020-05-16 01:08:06)
> bcm2835_register_gate is used as a callback for the clk_register member
> of bcm2835_clk_desc, which expects a struct clk_hw * return type but
> bcm2835_register_gate returns a struct clk *.
>
> This discrepancy is hidden by the fact that bcm2835_register_gate is
> cast to the typedef bcm2835_clk_register by the _REGISTER macro. This
> turns out to be a control flow integrity violation, which is how this
> was noticed.
>
> Change the return type of bcm2835_register_gate to be struct clk_hw *
> and use clk_hw_register_gate to do so. This should be a non-functional
> change as clk_register_gate calls clk_hw_register_gate anyways but this
> is needed to avoid issues with further changes.
>
> Fixes: b19f009d4510 ("clk: bcm2835: Migrate to clk_hw based registration and OF APIs")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1028
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> ---

Thanks. Applied to clk-next.

>
> base-commit: bdecf38f228bcca73b31ada98b5b7ba1215eb9c9

Please don't base on some random linux-next commit though.

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