[PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fix return type of r8712_xmit_entry

From: Nathan Huckleberry
Date: Mon Sep 12 2022 - 17:46:38 EST


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 r8712_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>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
index 4a93839bf947..e84b9fa231cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void r8712_xmit_complete(struct _adapter *padapter, struct xmit_frame *pxframe)
pxframe->pkt = NULL;
}

-int r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct net_device *netdev)
+netdev_tx_t r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct net_device *netdev)
{
struct xmit_frame *xmitframe = NULL;
struct _adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ int r8712_xmit_entry(_pkt *pkt, struct net_device *netdev)
}
xmitpriv->tx_pkts++;
xmitpriv->tx_bytes += xmitframe->attrib.last_txcmdsz;
- return 0;
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
_xmit_entry_drop:
if (xmitframe)
r8712_free_xmitframe(xmitpriv, xmitframe);
xmitpriv->tx_drop++;
dev_kfree_skb_any(pkt);
- return 0;
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
--
2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog