return err;
 }
 
-static int drbd_recv_short(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct socket *sock,
-                   void *buf, size_t size, int flags)
+static int drbd_recv_short(struct socket *sock, void *buf, size_t size, int flags)
 {
        mm_segment_t oldfs;
        struct kvec iov = {
        struct p_header80 *h = &mdev->tconn->data.rbuf.header.h80;
        int rr;
 
-       rr = drbd_recv_short(mdev, sock, h, sizeof(*h), 0);
+       rr = drbd_recv_short(sock, h, sizeof(*h), 0);
 
        if (rr == sizeof(*h) && h->magic == cpu_to_be32(DRBD_MAGIC))
                return be16_to_cpu(h->command);
 
 /**
  * drbd_socket_okay() - Free the socket if its connection is not okay
- * @mdev:      DRBD device.
  * @sock:      pointer to the pointer to the socket.
  */
-static int drbd_socket_okay(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct socket **sock)
+static int drbd_socket_okay(struct socket **sock)
 {
        int rr;
        char tb[4];
        if (!*sock)
                return false;
 
-       rr = drbd_recv_short(mdev, *sock, tb, 4, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_PEEK);
+       rr = drbd_recv_short(*sock, tb, 4, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_PEEK);
 
        if (rr > 0 || rr == -EAGAIN) {
                return true;
 
                if (sock && msock) {
                        schedule_timeout_interruptible(mdev->tconn->net_conf->ping_timeo*HZ/10);
-                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &sock);
-                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &msock) && ok;
+                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(&sock);
+                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(&msock) && ok;
                        if (ok)
                                break;
                }
                s = drbd_wait_for_connect(mdev->tconn);
                if (s) {
                        try = drbd_recv_fp(mdev, s);
-                       drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &sock);
-                       drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &msock);
+                       drbd_socket_okay(&sock);
+                       drbd_socket_okay(&msock);
                        switch (try) {
                        case P_HAND_SHAKE_S:
                                if (sock) {
                }
 
                if (sock && msock) {
-                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &sock);
-                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(mdev, &msock) && ok;
+                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(&sock);
+                       ok = drbd_socket_okay(&msock) && ok;
                        if (ok)
                                break;
                }
                if (signal_pending(current))
                        continue;
 
-               rv = drbd_recv_short(mdev, mdev->tconn->meta.socket,
-                                    buf, expect-received, 0);
+               rv = drbd_recv_short(mdev->tconn->meta.socket, buf, expect-received, 0);
                clear_bit(SIGNAL_ASENDER, &mdev->tconn->flags);
 
                flush_signals(current);