[PATCH] sctp: make sctp_transport_init() void
From: Huiwen He
Date: Sat Nov 01 2025 - 12:42:16 EST
sctp_transport_init() is static and never returns NULL. It is only
called by sctp_transport_new(), so change it to void and remove the
redundant return value check.
Signed-off-by: Huiwen He <hehuiwen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sctp/transport.c | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index 4d258a6e8033..97da92390aa7 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
/* 1st Level Abstractions. */
/* Initialize a new transport from provided memory. */
-static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct net *net,
- struct sctp_transport *peer,
- const union sctp_addr *addr,
- gfp_t gfp)
+static void sctp_transport_init(struct net *net,
+ struct sctp_transport *peer,
+ const union sctp_addr *addr,
+ gfp_t gfp)
{
/* Copy in the address. */
peer->af_specific = sctp_get_af_specific(addr->sa.sa_family);
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct net *net,
get_random_bytes(&peer->hb_nonce, sizeof(peer->hb_nonce));
refcount_set(&peer->refcnt, 1);
-
- return peer;
}
/* Allocate and initialize a new transport. */
@@ -98,16 +96,12 @@ struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_new(struct net *net,
if (!transport)
goto fail;
- if (!sctp_transport_init(net, transport, addr, gfp))
- goto fail_init;
+ sctp_transport_init(net, transport, addr, gfp);
SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_INC(transport);
return transport;
-fail_init:
- kfree(transport);
-
fail:
return NULL;
}
--
2.25.1