linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] sunrpc: eliminate return pointer in svc_tcp

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Message-Id: <20250811-nfsd-testing-v1-2-f9a21bbf238b@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:37:08 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>, 
 Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@...hat.com>, Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@...cle.com>, 
 Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>, Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...nel.org>, 
 Anna Schumaker <anna@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sunrpc: eliminate return pointer in svc_tcp_sendmsg()

Return a positive value if something was sent, or a negative error code.
Eliminate the "err" variable in the only caller as well.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
---
 net/sunrpc/svcsock.c | 21 ++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 22f59289fdcf17137fcac59e13975281ecf3e380..2b531d6d5edd92b2c2fe3b774f67e5ecaa9fd57f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ static int svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
  * that the pages backing @xdr are unchanging.
  */
 static int svc_tcp_sendmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
-			   rpc_fraghdr marker, int *sentp)
+			   rpc_fraghdr marker)
 {
 	struct msghdr msg = {
 		.msg_flags	= MSG_SPLICE_PAGES,
@@ -1206,8 +1206,6 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	void *buf;
 	int ret;
 
-	*sentp = 0;
-
 	/* The stream record marker is copied into a temporary page
 	 * fragment buffer so that it can be included in rq_bvec.
 	 */
@@ -1225,10 +1223,7 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 		      1 + count, sizeof(marker) + rqstp->rq_res.len);
 	ret = sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg);
 	page_frag_free(buf);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-	*sentp += ret;
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1247,7 +1242,7 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct xdr_buf *xdr = &rqstp->rq_res;
 	rpc_fraghdr marker = cpu_to_be32(RPC_LAST_STREAM_FRAGMENT |
 					 (u32)xdr->len);
-	int sent, err;
+	int sent;
 
 	svc_tcp_release_ctxt(xprt, rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt);
 	rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = NULL;
@@ -1255,9 +1250,9 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	mutex_lock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
 	if (svc_xprt_is_dead(xprt))
 		goto out_notconn;
-	err = svc_tcp_sendmsg(svsk, rqstp, marker, &sent);
-	trace_svcsock_tcp_send(xprt, err < 0 ? (long)err : sent);
-	if (err < 0 || sent != (xdr->len + sizeof(marker)))
+	sent = svc_tcp_sendmsg(svsk, rqstp, marker);
+	trace_svcsock_tcp_send(xprt, sent);
+	if (sent < 0 || sent != (xdr->len + sizeof(marker)))
 		goto out_close;
 	mutex_unlock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
 	return sent;
@@ -1268,8 +1263,8 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 out_close:
 	pr_notice("rpc-srv/tcp: %s: %s %d when sending %zu bytes - shutting down socket\n",
 		  xprt->xpt_server->sv_name,
-		  (err < 0) ? "got error" : "sent",
-		  (err < 0) ? err : sent, xdr->len + sizeof(marker));
+		  (sent < 0) ? "got error" : "sent",
+		  sent, xdr->len + sizeof(marker));
 	svc_xprt_deferred_close(xprt);
 	mutex_unlock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
 	return -EAGAIN;

-- 
2.50.1