[PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type of rtllib_xmit

From: Nathan Huckleberry
Date: Mon Sep 12 2022 - 17:46:15 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 rtllib_xmit 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/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
index 42f81b23a144..1b665afd309e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static u8 rtllib_current_rate(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
return ieee->rate & 0x7F;
}

-static int rtllib_xmit_inter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_tx_t rtllib_xmit_inter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
struct rtllib_device *ieee = (struct rtllib_device *)
netdev_priv_rsl(dev);
@@ -946,13 +946,13 @@ static int rtllib_xmit_inter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if ((*ieee->hard_start_xmit)(txb, dev) == 0) {
stats->tx_packets++;
stats->tx_bytes += le16_to_cpu(txb->payload_size);
- return 0;
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
rtllib_txb_free(txb);
}
}

- return 0;
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;

failed:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags);
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static int rtllib_xmit_inter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)

}

-int rtllib_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+netdev_tx_t rtllib_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(skb->cb));
return rtllib_xmit_inter(skb, dev);
--
2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog