Re: [PATCH v2] drm: xlnx: Fix return type of zynqmp_dp_bridge_mode_valid

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 05:14:25PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> From: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The mode_valid field in drm_bridge_helper_funcs is expected to be of
> type
> enum drm_mode_status (* mode_valid) (struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>                                      struct drm_display_mode *mode);
> 
> The mismatched return type breaks forward edge kCFI since the underlying
> function definition does not match the function hook definition. A new
> warning in clang will catch this at compile time:
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_dp.c:1573:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_bridge *, const struct drm_display_info *, const struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_bridge *, const struct drm_display_info *, const struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
>           .mode_valid = zynqmp_dp_bridge_mode_valid,
>                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   1 error generated.
> 
> The return type of zynqmp_dp_bridge_mode_valid should be changed from
> int to enum drm_mode_status.
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1703
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook