* Returns true if the result moves the cursor on to the next piece
  * of the data item.
  */
-static bool ceph_msg_data_advance(struct ceph_msg_data_cursor *cursor,
-                               size_t bytes)
+static void ceph_msg_data_advance(struct ceph_msg_data_cursor *cursor,
+                                 size_t bytes)
 {
        bool new_piece;
 
                new_piece = true;
        }
        cursor->need_crc = new_piece;
-
-       return new_piece;
 }
 
 static size_t sizeof_footer(struct ceph_connection *con)
                size_t page_offset;
                size_t length;
                bool last_piece;
-               bool need_crc;
                int ret;
 
                page = ceph_msg_data_next(cursor, &page_offset, &length,
                }
                if (do_datacrc && cursor->need_crc)
                        crc = ceph_crc32c_page(crc, page, page_offset, length);
-               need_crc = ceph_msg_data_advance(cursor, (size_t)ret);
+               ceph_msg_data_advance(cursor, (size_t)ret);
        }
 
        dout("%s %p msg %p done\n", __func__, con, msg);
 
                if (do_datacrc)
                        crc = ceph_crc32c_page(crc, page, page_offset, ret);
-               (void) ceph_msg_data_advance(cursor, (size_t)ret);
+               ceph_msg_data_advance(cursor, (size_t)ret);
        }
        if (do_datacrc)
                con->in_data_crc = crc;