diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 0cc3d9015c5d5bb6a1629251d7a636f41239db6f..b02a6dc4efe4d6c90b72053b3e44f6d99e66afd7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ static int  link_recv_changeover_msg(struct tipc_link **l_ptr,
 static void link_set_supervision_props(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, u32 tolerance);
 static int  link_send_sections_long(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				    struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				    u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len,
-				    u32 destnode);
+				    unsigned int len, u32 destnode);
 static void link_state_event(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, u32 event);
 static void link_reset_statistics(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
 static void link_print(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, const char *str);
@@ -1065,8 +1064,7 @@ static int link_send_buf_fast(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, struct sk_buff *buf,
  */
 int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				 struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				 const u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len,
-				 u32 destaddr)
+				 unsigned int len, u32 destaddr)
 {
 	struct tipc_msg *hdr = &sender->phdr;
 	struct tipc_link *l_ptr;
@@ -1080,8 +1078,7 @@ int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 	 * Try building message using port's max_pkt hint.
 	 * (Must not hold any locks while building message.)
 	 */
-	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, num_sect, total_len,
-			     sender->max_pkt, &buf);
+	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, len, sender->max_pkt, &buf);
 	/* Exit if build request was invalid */
 	if (unlikely(res < 0))
 		return res;
@@ -1121,8 +1118,7 @@ int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 			if ((msg_hdr_sz(hdr) + res) <= sender->max_pkt)
 				goto again;
 
-			return link_send_sections_long(sender, msg_sect,
-						       num_sect, total_len,
+			return link_send_sections_long(sender, msg_sect, len,
 						       destaddr);
 		}
 		tipc_node_unlock(node);
@@ -1133,8 +1129,8 @@ int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 	if (buf)
 		return tipc_reject_msg(buf, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	if (res >= 0)
-		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						 total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect,
+						 len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -1154,13 +1150,12 @@ int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
  */
 static int link_send_sections_long(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				   struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				   u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len,
-				   u32 destaddr)
+				   unsigned int len, u32 destaddr)
 {
 	struct tipc_link *l_ptr;
 	struct tipc_node *node;
 	struct tipc_msg *hdr = &sender->phdr;
-	u32 dsz = total_len;
+	u32 dsz = len;
 	u32 max_pkt, fragm_sz, rest;
 	struct tipc_msg fragm_hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *buf, *buf_chain, *prev;
@@ -1283,8 +1278,8 @@ static int link_send_sections_long(struct tipc_port *sender,
 			buf = buf_chain->next;
 			kfree_skb(buf_chain);
 		}
-		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						 total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect,
+						 len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	}
 
 	/* Append chain of fragments to send queue & send them */
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.h b/net/tipc/link.h
index c048ed1cbd765aa3417c945d2913d0c994cb7d3f..55cf8554a08bd974000a67a116583a86e39bda0f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.h
+++ b/net/tipc/link.h
@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@ int tipc_link_send_buf(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, struct sk_buff *buf);
 u32 tipc_link_get_max_pkt(u32 dest, u32 selector);
 int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				 struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				 const u32 num_sect,
-				 unsigned int total_len,
-				 u32 destnode);
+				 unsigned int len, u32 destnode);
 void tipc_link_recv_bundle(struct sk_buff *buf);
 int  tipc_link_recv_fragment(struct sk_buff **pending,
 			     struct sk_buff **fb,
diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 1e76d91e56917ad377d70d6b81665aea0318a222..e525f8ce1dee09ce0d9baf214bd3dd8e13daa9d8 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ void tipc_msg_init(struct tipc_msg *m, u32 user, u32 type, u32 hsize,
  * Returns message data size or errno
  */
 int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *hdr, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len, int max_size,
-		   struct sk_buff **buf)
+		   unsigned int len, int max_size, struct sk_buff **buf)
 {
 	int dsz, sz, hsz;
 	unsigned char *to;
 
-	dsz = total_len;
+	dsz = len;
 	hsz = msg_hdr_sz(hdr);
 	sz = hsz + dsz;
 	msg_set_size(hdr, sz);
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *hdr, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	skb_copy_to_linear_data(*buf, hdr, hsz);
 	to = (*buf)->data + hsz;
-	if (total_len && memcpy_fromiovecend(to, msg_sect, 0, dsz)) {
+	if (len && memcpy_fromiovecend(to, msg_sect, 0, dsz)) {
 		kfree_skb(*buf);
 		*buf = NULL;
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.h b/net/tipc/msg.h
index 5e4ccf5c27df0361aaf26df8023ba79f20057936..559b73a9bf352d9bb7b058a366b81341eae57f15 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.h
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.h
@@ -722,6 +722,5 @@ u32 tipc_msg_tot_importance(struct tipc_msg *m);
 void tipc_msg_init(struct tipc_msg *m, u32 user, u32 type, u32 hsize,
 		   u32 destnode);
 int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *hdr, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len, int max_size,
-		   struct sk_buff **buf);
+		   unsigned int len, int max_size, struct sk_buff **buf);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/tipc/port.c b/net/tipc/port.c
index b3ed2fcab4fbd3a947b6419856641c9a7b315872..c081a7632302ca0798c193b039214466c3180184 100644
--- a/net/tipc/port.c
+++ b/net/tipc/port.c
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ int tipc_port_peer_msg(struct tipc_port *p_ptr, struct tipc_msg *msg)
  * tipc_multicast - send a multicast message to local and remote destinations
  */
 int tipc_multicast(u32 ref, struct tipc_name_seq const *seq,
-		   u32 num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   unsigned int total_len)
+		   struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct tipc_msg *hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *buf;
@@ -114,8 +113,7 @@ int tipc_multicast(u32 ref, struct tipc_name_seq const *seq,
 	msg_set_namelower(hdr, seq->lower);
 	msg_set_nameupper(hdr, seq->upper);
 	msg_set_hdr_sz(hdr, MCAST_H_SIZE);
-	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, num_sect, total_len, MAX_MSG_SIZE,
-			     &buf);
+	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, len, MAX_MSG_SIZE, &buf);
 	if (unlikely(!buf))
 		return res;
 
@@ -436,14 +434,13 @@ int tipc_reject_msg(struct sk_buff *buf, u32 err)
 }
 
 int tipc_port_reject_sections(struct tipc_port *p_ptr, struct tipc_msg *hdr,
-			      struct iovec const *msg_sect, u32 num_sect,
-			      unsigned int total_len, int err)
+			      struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len,
+			      int err)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *buf;
 	int res;
 
-	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, num_sect, total_len, MAX_MSG_SIZE,
-			     &buf);
+	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, len, MAX_MSG_SIZE, &buf);
 	if (!buf)
 		return res;
 
@@ -918,15 +915,14 @@ int tipc_port_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *buf)
  *  tipc_port_recv_sections(): Concatenate and deliver sectioned
  *                        message for this node.
  */
-static int tipc_port_recv_sections(struct tipc_port *sender, unsigned int num_sect,
+static int tipc_port_recv_sections(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				   struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				   unsigned int total_len)
+				   unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *buf;
 	int res;
 
-	res = tipc_msg_build(&sender->phdr, msg_sect, num_sect, total_len,
-			     MAX_MSG_SIZE, &buf);
+	res = tipc_msg_build(&sender->phdr, msg_sect, len, MAX_MSG_SIZE, &buf);
 	if (likely(buf))
 		tipc_port_recv_msg(buf);
 	return res;
@@ -935,8 +931,7 @@ static int tipc_port_recv_sections(struct tipc_port *sender, unsigned int num_se
 /**
  * tipc_send - send message sections on connection
  */
-int tipc_send(u32 ref, unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-	      unsigned int total_len)
+int tipc_send(u32 ref, struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct tipc_port *p_ptr;
 	u32 destnode;
@@ -950,11 +945,10 @@ int tipc_send(u32 ref, unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 	if (!tipc_port_congested(p_ptr)) {
 		destnode = port_peernode(p_ptr);
 		if (likely(!in_own_node(destnode)))
-			res = tipc_link_send_sections_fast(p_ptr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-							   total_len, destnode);
+			res = tipc_link_send_sections_fast(p_ptr, msg_sect,
+							   len, destnode);
 		else
-			res = tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, num_sect, msg_sect,
-						      total_len);
+			res = tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, msg_sect, len);
 
 		if (likely(res != -ELINKCONG)) {
 			p_ptr->congested = 0;
@@ -965,7 +959,7 @@ int tipc_send(u32 ref, unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 	}
 	if (port_unreliable(p_ptr)) {
 		p_ptr->congested = 0;
-		return total_len;
+		return len;
 	}
 	return -ELINKCONG;
 }
@@ -974,8 +968,7 @@ int tipc_send(u32 ref, unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
  * tipc_send2name - send message sections to port name
  */
 int tipc_send2name(u32 ref, struct tipc_name const *name, unsigned int domain,
-		   unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   unsigned int total_len)
+		   struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct tipc_port *p_ptr;
 	struct tipc_msg *msg;
@@ -999,36 +992,32 @@ int tipc_send2name(u32 ref, struct tipc_name const *name, unsigned int domain,
 
 	if (likely(destport || destnode)) {
 		if (likely(in_own_node(destnode)))
-			res = tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, num_sect,
-						      msg_sect, total_len);
+			res = tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, msg_sect, len);
 		else if (tipc_own_addr)
 			res = tipc_link_send_sections_fast(p_ptr, msg_sect,
-							   num_sect, total_len,
-							   destnode);
+							   len, destnode);
 		else
 			res = tipc_port_reject_sections(p_ptr, msg, msg_sect,
-							num_sect, total_len,
-							TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+							len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 		if (likely(res != -ELINKCONG)) {
 			if (res > 0)
 				p_ptr->sent++;
 			return res;
 		}
 		if (port_unreliable(p_ptr)) {
-			return total_len;
+			return len;
 		}
 		return -ELINKCONG;
 	}
-	return tipc_port_reject_sections(p_ptr, msg, msg_sect, num_sect,
-					 total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME);
+	return tipc_port_reject_sections(p_ptr, msg, msg_sect, len,
+					 TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME);
 }
 
 /**
  * tipc_send2port - send message sections to port identity
  */
 int tipc_send2port(u32 ref, struct tipc_portid const *dest,
-		   unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   unsigned int total_len)
+		   struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct tipc_port *p_ptr;
 	struct tipc_msg *msg;
@@ -1046,21 +1035,20 @@ int tipc_send2port(u32 ref, struct tipc_portid const *dest,
 	msg_set_hdr_sz(msg, BASIC_H_SIZE);
 
 	if (in_own_node(dest->node))
-		res =  tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, num_sect, msg_sect,
-					       total_len);
+		res =  tipc_port_recv_sections(p_ptr, msg_sect, len);
 	else if (tipc_own_addr)
-		res = tipc_link_send_sections_fast(p_ptr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						   total_len, dest->node);
+		res = tipc_link_send_sections_fast(p_ptr, msg_sect, len,
+						   dest->node);
 	else
-		res = tipc_port_reject_sections(p_ptr, msg, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+		res = tipc_port_reject_sections(p_ptr, msg, msg_sect, len,
+						TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	if (likely(res != -ELINKCONG)) {
 		if (res > 0)
 			p_ptr->sent++;
 		return res;
 	}
 	if (port_unreliable(p_ptr)) {
-		return total_len;
+		return len;
 	}
 	return -ELINKCONG;
 }
diff --git a/net/tipc/port.h b/net/tipc/port.h
index 5a7026b9c3456b716dd8a173b345d11355f1b3be..9122535973430edff99e8ee6070a091975dea457 100644
--- a/net/tipc/port.h
+++ b/net/tipc/port.h
@@ -151,24 +151,20 @@ int tipc_port_peer_msg(struct tipc_port *p_ptr, struct tipc_msg *msg);
  * TIPC messaging routines
  */
 int tipc_port_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *buf);
-int tipc_send(u32 portref, unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-	      unsigned int total_len);
+int tipc_send(u32 portref, struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len);
 
 int tipc_send2name(u32 portref, struct tipc_name const *name, u32 domain,
-		   unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   unsigned int total_len);
+		   struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len);
 
 int tipc_send2port(u32 portref, struct tipc_portid const *dest,
-		   unsigned int num_sect, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-		   unsigned int total_len);
+		   struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len);
 
 int tipc_multicast(u32 portref, struct tipc_name_seq const *seq,
-		   unsigned int section_count, struct iovec const *msg,
-		   unsigned int total_len);
+		   struct iovec const *msg, unsigned int len);
 
 int tipc_port_reject_sections(struct tipc_port *p_ptr, struct tipc_msg *hdr,
-			      struct iovec const *msg_sect, u32 num_sect,
-			      unsigned int total_len, int err);
+			      struct iovec const *msg_sect, unsigned int len,
+			      int err);
 struct sk_buff *tipc_port_get_ports(void);
 void tipc_port_recv_proto_msg(struct sk_buff *buf);
 void tipc_port_recv_mcast(struct sk_buff *buf, struct tipc_port_list *dp);
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 6cc7ddd2fb7c9cd26eb3e7508adb9f4bc9093866..d224382d82707dab9ee0ddc3b923d0ee6d520c1e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -622,13 +622,11 @@ static int send_msg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			res = tipc_send2name(tport->ref,
 					     &dest->addr.name.name,
 					     dest->addr.name.domain,
-					     m->msg_iovlen,
 					     m->msg_iov,
 					     total_len);
 		} else if (dest->addrtype == TIPC_ADDR_ID) {
 			res = tipc_send2port(tport->ref,
 					     &dest->addr.id,
-					     m->msg_iovlen,
 					     m->msg_iov,
 					     total_len);
 		} else if (dest->addrtype == TIPC_ADDR_MCAST) {
@@ -641,7 +639,6 @@ static int send_msg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				break;
 			res = tipc_multicast(tport->ref,
 					     &dest->addr.nameseq,
-					     m->msg_iovlen,
 					     m->msg_iov,
 					     total_len);
 		}
@@ -707,8 +704,7 @@ static int send_packet(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		res = tipc_send(tport->ref, m->msg_iovlen, m->msg_iov,
-				total_len);
+		res = tipc_send(tport->ref, m->msg_iov, total_len);
 		if (likely(res != -ELINKCONG))
 			break;
 		if (timeout_val <= 0L) {