Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Fix return type of rtw_xmit_entry

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On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:45 PM Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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 rtw_xmit_entry should be changed from int to
> netdev_tx_t.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703
> Cc: llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx>

I am unable to apply your patch. I think because of this:
3e0a6c4414ac ("staging: r8188eu: remove os_dep/xmit_linux.c").

Can you update your git repo and resubmit?

Best regards,
Nam




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