ret = obj_request->result;
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out;
-       ret = ceph_copy_from_page_vector(pages, inbound, 0,
+       ret = 0;
+       (void) ceph_copy_from_page_vector(pages, inbound, 0,
                                        obj_request->xferred);
        if (version)
                *version = obj_request->version;
 
        rbd_assert(obj_request->xferred <= (u64) SIZE_MAX);
        size = (size_t) obj_request->xferred;
-       ret = ceph_copy_from_page_vector(pages, buf, 0, size);
+       (void) ceph_copy_from_page_vector(pages, buf, 0, size);
+       rbd_assert(size <= (size_t) INT_MAX);
+       ret = (int) size;
        if (version)
                *version = obj_request->version;
 out:
                ret = rbd_obj_read_sync(rbd_dev, rbd_dev->header_name,
                                       0, size,
                                       (char *) ondisk, version);
-
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto out_err;
                if (WARN_ON((size_t) ret < size)) {
        dout("%s: rbd_obj_method_sync returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out;
-       ret = 0;    /* rbd_obj_method_sync() can return positive */
 
        p = reply_buf;
        rbd_dev->header.object_prefix = ceph_extract_encoded_string(&p,
        dout("%s: rbd_obj_method_sync returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out;
-       ret = 0;    /* rbd_obj_method_sync() can return positive */
 
        p = response;
        rbd_dev->spec->image_id = ceph_extract_encoded_string(&p,