named_cluster_distribute(buf);
 }
 
+/*
+ * named_distribute - prepare name info for bulk distribution to another node
+ */
+static void named_distribute(struct list_head *message_list, u32 node,
+                            struct publ_list *pls, u32 max_item_buf)
+{
+       struct publication *publ;
+       struct sk_buff *buf = NULL;
+       struct distr_item *item = NULL;
+       u32 left = 0;
+       u32 rest = pls->size * ITEM_SIZE;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(publ, &pls->list, local_list) {
+               if (!buf) {
+                       left = (rest <= max_item_buf) ? rest : max_item_buf;
+                       rest -= left;
+                       buf = named_prepare_buf(PUBLICATION, left, node);
+                       if (!buf) {
+                               warn("Bulk publication failure\n");
+                               return;
+                       }
+                       item = (struct distr_item *)msg_data(buf_msg(buf));
+               }
+               publ_to_item(item, publ);
+               item++;
+               left -= ITEM_SIZE;
+               if (!left) {
+                       list_add_tail((struct list_head *)buf, message_list);
+                       buf = NULL;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 /**
  * tipc_named_node_up - tell specified node about all publications by this node
  */
 {
        struct tipc_node *n_ptr;
        struct tipc_link *l_ptr;
-       struct publication *publ;
-       struct distr_item *item = NULL;
-       struct sk_buff *buf = NULL;
        struct list_head message_list;
        u32 node = (u32)nodearg;
-       u32 left = 0;
-       u32 rest;
        u32 max_item_buf = 0;
 
        /* compute maximum amount of publication data to send per message */
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&message_list);
 
        read_lock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
-       rest = publ_cluster.size * ITEM_SIZE;
-
-       list_for_each_entry(publ, &publ_cluster.list, local_list) {
-               if (!buf) {
-                       left = (rest <= max_item_buf) ? rest : max_item_buf;
-                       rest -= left;
-                       buf = named_prepare_buf(PUBLICATION, left, node);
-                       if (!buf) {
-                               warn("Bulk publication distribution failure\n");
-                               goto exit;
-                       }
-                       item = (struct distr_item *)msg_data(buf_msg(buf));
-               }
-               publ_to_item(item, publ);
-               item++;
-               left -= ITEM_SIZE;
-               if (!left) {
-                       list_add_tail((struct list_head *)buf, &message_list);
-                       buf = NULL;
-               }
-       }
-exit:
+       named_distribute(&message_list, node, &publ_cluster, max_item_buf);
        read_unlock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
 
        tipc_link_send_names(&message_list, (u32)node);