From: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. A new warning in clang will catch this at compile time: drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c:382:21: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'netdev_tx_t (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' (aka 'enum netdev_tx (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)') with an expression of type 'int (struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict] .ndo_start_xmit = mana_start_xmit, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 error generated. The return type of mana_start_xmit should be changed from int to netdev_tx_t. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703 Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750 Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [nathan: Rebase on net-next and resolve conflicts Add note about new clang warning] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: - Take over for Nathan, as he is busy with other matters. - Rebase on net-next and resolve conflicts. - Add a note about new clang warning that will catch this issue at compile time. v2: https://lore.kernel.org/20220929181411.61331-1-nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx/ drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h index d58be64374c8..ffcd27cde17b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ struct mana_port_context { struct mana_ethtool_stats eth_stats; }; -int mana_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev); +netdev_tx_t mana_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev); int mana_config_rss(struct mana_port_context *ac, enum TRI_STATE rx, bool update_hash, bool update_tab); diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c index 318dbbb48279..91a8d3577c14 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int mana_map_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct mana_port_context *apc, return -ENOMEM; } -int mana_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev) +netdev_tx_t mana_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev) { enum mana_tx_pkt_format pkt_fmt = MANA_SHORT_PKT_FMT; struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev); base-commit: 8e18be7610aebea50e9327c11afcd5eeaaa06644 -- 2.38.1