write_bytes_to_xdr_buf() is a generic way to place a variable-length data item in an already-reserved spot in the encoding buffer. However, it is costly, and here, it is unnecessary because the data item is fixed in size, the buffer destination address is always word-aligned, and the destination location is already in @p. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c index 2acea7792bb2..b52ea7d8313a 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c @@ -5373,8 +5373,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_operation(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op) so->so_replay.rp_buf, len); } status: - /* Note that op->status is already in network byte order: */ - write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, post_err_offset - 4, &op->status, 4); + *p = op->status; } /*