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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 09:58:52 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Fix return type for implementation of
 ndo_start_xmit
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 09:56:59AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:32:43PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > CFI (Control Flow Integrity) is a safety feature allowing the system to
> > detect and react should a potential control flow hijacking occurs. In
> > particular, the Forward-Edge CFI protects indirect function calls by
> > ensuring the prototype of function that is actually called matches the
> > definition of the function hook.
> > 
> > Since Linux now supports CFI, it will be a good idea to fix mismatched
> > return type for implementation of hooks. Otherwise this would 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.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Tested with rtl8192e
> > Transferred this patch over wlan connection of rtl8192e
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h    |  2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 10 +++++-----
> >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Someone sent the same patch before you did:
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220905130053.10731-1-guozihua@huawei.com
> 

Ah, but that one did not apply, I'll take this one then...