Subject: [PATCH] net: sparx5: Fix return type of sparx5_port_xmit_impl

From: Nathan Huckleberry <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:44:29 -0700

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 sparx5_port_xmit_impl should be changed from int to
netdev_tx_t.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <[email-masked]>
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703
Cc: [email-masked]
Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
index 21844beba72d..83c16ca5b30f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
@@ -222,13 +222,13 @@ static int sparx5_inject(struct sparx5 *sparx5,
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
-int sparx5_port_xmit_impl(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+netdev_tx_t sparx5_port_xmit_impl(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &dev->stats;
 	struct sparx5_port *port = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct sparx5 *sparx5 = port->sparx5;
 	u32 ifh[IFH_LEN];
-	int ret;
+	netdev_tx_t ret;
 
 	memset(ifh, 0, IFH_LEN * 4);
 	sparx5_set_port_ifh(ifh, port->portno);
-- 
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