[PATCH] NFSD: Change ret code of xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed

From: Sergey Bashirov
Date: Thu Jul 17 2025 - 15:48:59 EST


Since the XDR field is fixed in size, the caller already knows how many
bytes were decoded, on success. Thus, xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed()
doesn't need to return that value. And, xdr_stream_decode_u32 and _u64
both return zero on success.

This patch also simplifies the error checking to avoid potential integer
promotion issues.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Bashirov <sergeybashirov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c | 2 +-
include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 2 +-
include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h | 4 ++--
.../xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 | 2 +-
.../xdrgen/templates/C/struct/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 | 2 +-
.../xdrgen/templates/C/typedef/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 | 2 +-
6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c
index 266b2737882e1..2a4dcb428d823 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ nfsd4_block_decode_layoutupdate(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct iomap **iomapp,

ret = xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr,
&bex.vol_id, sizeof(bex.vol_id));
- if (ret < sizeof(bex.vol_id)) {
+ if (ret) {
nfserr = nfserr_bad_xdr;
goto fail;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 67f6632f723b4..dd80163e0140c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ static inline int decode_opaque_fixed(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
void *buf, size_t len)
{
ssize_t ret = xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, buf, len);
- if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+ if (unlikely(ret))
return -EIO;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index e3358c630ba18..ffb699a02b17d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ xdr_stream_decode_u64(struct xdr_stream *xdr, __u64 *ptr)
* @len: size of buffer pointed to by @ptr
*
* Return values:
- * On success, returns size of object stored in @ptr
+ * %0 on success
* %-EBADMSG on XDR buffer overflow
*/
static inline ssize_t
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(struct xdr_stream *xdr, void *ptr, size_t len)
if (unlikely(!p))
return -EBADMSG;
xdr_decode_opaque_fixed(p, ptr, len);
- return len;
+ return 0;
}

/**
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
index b4695ece1884b..ea9295f91aecc 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (fixed-length opaque) */
{% endif %}
- if (xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr->{{ name }}, {{ size }}) < 0)
+ if (xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr->{{ name }}, {{ size }}) != 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
index b4695ece1884b..ea9295f91aecc 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (fixed-length opaque) */
{% endif %}
- if (xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr->{{ name }}, {{ size }}) < 0)
+ if (xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr->{{ name }}, {{ size }}) != 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/typedef/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/typedef/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
index 8b4ff08c49e5e..bdc7bd24ffb13 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/typedef/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/typedef/decoder/fixed_length_opaque.j2
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ xdrgen_decode_{{ name }}(struct xdr_stream *xdr, {{ classifier }}{{ name }} *ptr
{% if annotate %}
/* (fixed-length opaque) */
{% endif %}
- return xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr, {{ size }}) >= 0;
+ return xdr_stream_decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, ptr, {{ size }}) == 0;
};
--
2.43.0