* - woken process blocks are discarded from the list after having task zeroed
  * - writers are only marked woken if downgrading is false
  */
-static struct rw_semaphore *
-__rwsem_mark_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
-                 enum rwsem_wake_type wake_type, struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
+static void __rwsem_mark_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
+                             enum rwsem_wake_type wake_type,
+                             struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
 {
        struct rwsem_waiter *waiter;
        struct task_struct *tsk;
        struct list_head *next;
-       long oldcount, woken, loop, adjustment;
+       long loop, oldcount, woken = 0, adjustment = 0;
 
        waiter = list_entry(sem->wait_list.next, struct rwsem_waiter, list);
+
        if (waiter->type == RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE) {
                if (wake_type == RWSEM_WAKE_ANY) {
                        /*
                         */
                        wake_q_add(wake_q, waiter->task);
                }
-               goto out;
+
+               return;
        }
 
-       /* Writers might steal the lock before we grant it to the next reader.
+       /*
+        * Writers might steal the lock before we grant it to the next reader.
         * We prefer to do the first reader grant before counting readers
         * so we can bail out early if a writer stole the lock.
         */
-       adjustment = 0;
        if (wake_type != RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED) {
                adjustment = RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
  try_reader_grant:
                oldcount = atomic_long_fetch_add(adjustment, &sem->count);
-
                if (unlikely(oldcount < RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)) {
                        /*
                         * If the count is still less than RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS
                         */
                        if (atomic_long_add_return(-adjustment, &sem->count) <
                            RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
-                               goto out;
+                               return;
+
                        /* Last active locker left. Retry waking readers. */
                        goto try_reader_grant;
                }
                rwsem_set_reader_owned(sem);
        }
 
-       /* Grant an infinite number of read locks to the readers at the front
+       /*
+        * Grant an infinite number of read locks to the readers at the front
         * of the queue.  Note we increment the 'active part' of the count by
         * the number of readers before waking any processes up.
         */
-       woken = 0;
        do {
                woken++;
 
 
        sem->wait_list.next = next;
        next->prev = &sem->wait_list;
-
- out:
-       return sem;
 }
 
 /*
        if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS ||
            (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS &&
             adjustment != -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS))
-               sem = __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, &wake_q);
+               __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, &wake_q);
 
        raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
        wake_up_q(&wake_q);
                if (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS) {
                        WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 
-                       sem = __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READERS, &wake_q);
+                       __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READERS, &wake_q);
                        /*
                         * The wakeup is normally called _after_ the wait_lock
                         * is released, but given that we are proactively waking
 
        /* do nothing if list empty */
        if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
-               sem = __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, &wake_q);
+               __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, &wake_q);
 
        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
        wake_up_q(&wake_q);
 
        /* do nothing if list empty */
        if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
-               sem = __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED, &wake_q);
+               __rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED, &wake_q);
 
        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
        wake_up_q(&wake_q);