Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:47:19 -0700 | Subject | [PATCH] net: davicom: Fix return type of dm9000_start_xmit | From | Nathan Huckleberry <> |
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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 dm9000_start_xmit should be changed from int to netdev_tx_t.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703 Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@google.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c index 0985ab216566..186a5e0a7862 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static void dm9000_send_packet(struct net_device *dev, * Hardware start transmission. * Send a packet to media from the upper layer. */ -static int +static netdev_tx_t dm9000_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) { unsigned long flags; -- 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog
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