On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 02:45:20PM -0700, Nathan Huckleberry 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 cvm_oct_xmit and cvm_oct_xmit_pow 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> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c > index 1ad94c5060b5..a36e36701c74 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c > @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void cvm_oct_free_tx_skbs(struct net_device *dev) > * > * Returns Always returns NETDEV_TX_OK > */ > -int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > +netdev_tx_t cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > { > union cvmx_pko_command_word0 pko_command; > union cvmx_buf_ptr hw_buffer; > @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > * @dev: Device info structure > * Returns Always returns zero > */ > -int cvm_oct_xmit_pow(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > +netdev_tx_t cvm_oct_xmit_pow(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > { > struct octeon_ethernet *priv = netdev_priv(dev); > void *packet_buffer; > -- > 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog >
