return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       ret = csr1212_associate_keyval(vend_id, text);
+       csr1212_associate_keyval(vend_id, text);
        csr1212_release_keyval(text);
-       ret |= csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(root, vend_id);
+       ret = csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(root, vend_id);
        csr1212_release_keyval(vend_id);
        if (ret != CSR1212_SUCCESS) {
                csr1212_destroy_csr(host->csr.rom);
        if (!ip1394_ud || !spec_id || !spec_desc || !ver || !ver_desc)
                goto ip1394_fail;
 
-       if (csr1212_associate_keyval(spec_id, spec_desc) == CSR1212_SUCCESS &&
-           csr1212_associate_keyval(ver, ver_desc) == CSR1212_SUCCESS &&
-           csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(ip1394_ud, spec_id) == CSR1212_SUCCESS &&
-           csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(ip1394_ud, ver) == CSR1212_SUCCESS)
+       csr1212_associate_keyval(spec_id, spec_desc);
+       csr1212_associate_keyval(ver, ver_desc);
+       if (csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(ip1394_ud, spec_id)
+                       == CSR1212_SUCCESS &&
+           csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(ip1394_ud, ver)
+                       == CSR1212_SUCCESS)
                ret = 0;
 
 ip1394_fail:
 
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/bug.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
 #include "csr1212.h"
        return kv;
 }
 
-int csr1212_associate_keyval(struct csr1212_keyval *kv,
-                            struct csr1212_keyval *associate)
+void csr1212_associate_keyval(struct csr1212_keyval *kv,
+                             struct csr1212_keyval *associate)
 {
-       if (!kv || !associate)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_DESCRIPTOR ||
-          (associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_DESCRIPTOR &&
-           associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_DEPENDENT_INFO &&
-           associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
-           associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA &&
-           associate->key.id < 0x30))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY_SPECIFIER_ID &&
-          associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
-          associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (associate->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
-          kv->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY_SPECIFIER_ID)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (associate->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA &&
-          kv->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!kv || !associate || kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_DESCRIPTOR ||
+              (associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_DESCRIPTOR &&
+               associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_DEPENDENT_INFO &&
+               associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
+               associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA &&
+               associate->key.id < 0x30) ||
+              (kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY_SPECIFIER_ID &&
+               associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY) ||
+              (kv->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
+               associate->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA) ||
+              (associate->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY &&
+               kv->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY_SPECIFIER_ID) ||
+              (associate->key.id == CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_DATA &&
+               kv->key.id != CSR1212_KV_ID_EXTENDED_KEY));
 
        if (kv->associate)
                csr1212_release_keyval(kv->associate);
 
        associate->refcnt++;
        kv->associate = associate;
-
-       return CSR1212_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 int csr1212_attach_keyval_to_directory(struct csr1212_keyval *dir,
 {
        struct csr1212_dentry *dentry;
 
-       if (!kv || !dir || dir->key.type != CSR1212_KV_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!kv || !dir || dir->key.type != CSR1212_KV_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
 
        dentry = CSR1212_MALLOC(sizeof(*dentry));
        if (!dentry)
        struct csr1212_csr_rom_cache *cache;
        u64 csr_addr;
 
-       if (!csr || !csr->ops || !csr->ops->allocate_addr_range ||
-           !csr->ops->release_addr || csr->max_rom < 1)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!csr || !csr->ops || !csr->ops->allocate_addr_range ||
+              !csr->ops->release_addr || csr->max_rom < 1);
 
        /* ROM size must be a multiple of csr->max_rom */
        romsize = (romsize + (csr->max_rom - 1)) & ~(csr->max_rom - 1);
        int ret;
        int init_offset;
 
-       if (!csr)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!csr);
 
        cache = csr->cache_head;
 
 
                        /* Make sure the Extended ROM leaf is a multiple of
                         * max_rom in size. */
-                       if (csr->max_rom < 1)
-                               return -EINVAL;
+                       BUG_ON(csr->max_rom < 1);
                        leaf_size = (cache->len + (csr->max_rom - 1)) &
                                ~(csr->max_rom - 1);
 
        u32 *cache_ptr;
        u16 kv_len = 0;
 
-       if (!csr || !kv || csr->max_rom < 1)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!csr || !kv || csr->max_rom < 1);
 
        /* First find which cache the data should be in (or go in if not read
         * yet). */
        struct csr1212_dentry *dentry;
        int ret;
 
-       if (!csr || !csr->ops || !csr->ops->bus_read)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       BUG_ON(!csr || !csr->ops || !csr->ops->bus_read);
 
        ret = csr1212_parse_bus_info_block(csr);
        if (ret != CSR1212_SUCCESS)