Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: Change the return type for vport_ops.send function hook to int

Nathan Chancellor
2022-09-13T23:26:16Z

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:07:38PM -0700, Nathan Huckleberry wrote:
> All usages of the vport_ops struct have the .send field set to
> dev_queue_xmit or internal_dev_recv. Since most usages are set to
> dev_queue_xmit, the function hook should match the signature of
> dev_queue_xmit.
>
> The only call to vport_ops->send() is in net/openvswitch/vport.c and it
> throws away the return value.
>
> This mismatched return type breaks forward edge kCFI since the underlying
> function definition does not match the function hook definition.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703
> Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

> ---
> net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c | 2 +-
> net/openvswitch/vport.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> index 35f42c9821c2..74c88a6baa43 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void internal_dev_destroy(struct vport *vport)
> rtnl_unlock();
> }
>
> -static netdev_tx_t internal_dev_recv(struct sk_buff *skb)
> +static int internal_dev_recv(struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> struct net_device *netdev = skb->dev;
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.h b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
> index 7d276f60c000..6ff45e8a0868 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/vport.h
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct vport_ops {
> int (*set_options)(struct vport *, struct nlattr *);
> int (*get_options)(const struct vport *, struct sk_buff *);
>
> - netdev_tx_t (*send) (struct sk_buff *skb);
> + int (*send)(struct sk_buff *skb);
> struct module *owner;
> struct list_head list;
> };
> --
> 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog
>