Re: [RESEND PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Fix return type for implementation of ndo_start_xmit

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On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 09:23:15AM +0800, Guozihua (Scott) wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Sorry for the confusion.
> 
> On 2022/9/2 16:25, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 04:16:53PM +0800, GUO Zihua wrote:
> > > Since Linux now supports CFI, it will be a good idea to fix mismatched
> > > return type for implementation of hooks. Otherwise this might get
> > > cought out by CFI and cause a panic.
> > > 
> > > Use enums from netdev_tx_t as return value instead, then change return
> > > type to netdev_tx_t.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: GUO Zihua <guozihua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/xmit_osdep.h | 2 +-
> > >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c  | 4 ++--
> > >   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Why is this and the other commits, marked as RESEND?
> 
> The first version of the patch has a truncated subject, thus the resend. It
> might be better to send a v2 patches instead..

Yes please do that.

> > And any reason you didn't cc: the staging maintainer on this commit?
> 
> It's my first time sending patches to the staging maillist. When I run
> get_maintainer.pl on the patch I don't see a "maintainer", but only
> "supporters" and "reviewers". Is that for staging there are a group of
> maintainers for all modules?

See the MAINTAINERS file for what "supported" and "maintained" and the
rest mean and just include them all when you submit a patch.

thanks,

greg k-h




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