* Connection negotiation.
  */
 
-static int prepare_connect_authorizer(struct ceph_connection *con)
+static struct ceph_auth_handshake *prepare_connect_authorizer(struct ceph_connection *con)
 {
        void *auth_buf;
        int auth_len;
                con->out_connect.authorizer_protocol = CEPH_AUTH_UNKNOWN;
                con->out_connect.authorizer_len = 0;
 
-               return 0;
+               return NULL;
        }
 
        /* Can't hold the mutex while getting authorizer */
        mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 
        if (IS_ERR(auth))
-               return PTR_ERR(auth);
+               return auth;
        if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state) || test_bit(OPENING, &con->state))
-               return -EAGAIN;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
        auth_buf = auth->authorizer_buf;
        auth_len = auth->authorizer_buf_len;
        if (auth_len)
                ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, auth_len, auth_buf);
 
-       return 0;
+       return auth;
 }
 
 /*
 {
        unsigned global_seq = get_global_seq(con->msgr, 0);
        int proto;
-       int ret;
+       struct ceph_auth_handshake *auth;
 
        switch (con->peer_name.type) {
        case CEPH_ENTITY_TYPE_MON:
        con->out_connect.flags = 0;
 
        ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof (con->out_connect), &con->out_connect);
-       ret = prepare_connect_authorizer(con);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
+       auth = prepare_connect_authorizer(con);
+       if (IS_ERR(auth))
+               return PTR_ERR(auth);
 
        con->out_more = 0;
        set_bit(WRITE_PENDING, &con->state);