diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index 6bbc3b1..90697c7 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * fname_encrypt() -
+ * fname_encrypt() - encrypt a filename
  *
- * This function encrypts the input filename, and returns the length of the
- * ciphertext. Errors are returned as negative numbers.  We trust the caller to
- * allocate sufficient memory to oname string.
+ * The caller must have allocated sufficient memory for the @oname string.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
  */
 static int fname_encrypt(struct inode *inode,
 			const struct qstr *iname, struct fscrypt_str *oname)
@@ -105,20 +105,22 @@
 	}
 	kfree(alloc_buf);
 	skcipher_request_free(req);
-	if (res < 0)
+	if (res < 0) {
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
 				"%s: Error (error code %d)\n", __func__, res);
+		return res;
+	}
 
 	oname->len = ciphertext_len;
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * fname_decrypt()
- *	This function decrypts the input filename, and returns
- *	the length of the plaintext.
- *	Errors are returned as negative numbers.
- *	We trust the caller to allocate sufficient memory to oname string.
+/**
+ * fname_decrypt() - decrypt a filename
+ *
+ * The caller must have allocated sufficient memory for the @oname string.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
  */
 static int fname_decrypt(struct inode *inode,
 				const struct fscrypt_str *iname,
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@
 	}
 
 	oname->len = strnlen(oname->name, iname->len);
-	return oname->len;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char *lookup_table =
@@ -279,6 +281,10 @@
 /**
  * fscrypt_fname_disk_to_usr() - converts a filename from disk space to user
  * space
+ *
+ * The caller must have allocated sufficient memory for the @oname string.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
  */
 int fscrypt_fname_disk_to_usr(struct inode *inode,
 			u32 hash, u32 minor_hash,
@@ -287,13 +293,12 @@
 {
 	const struct qstr qname = FSTR_TO_QSTR(iname);
 	char buf[24];
-	int ret;
 
 	if (fscrypt_is_dot_dotdot(&qname)) {
 		oname->name[0] = '.';
 		oname->name[iname->len - 1] = '.';
 		oname->len = iname->len;
-		return oname->len;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (iname->len < FS_CRYPTO_BLOCK_SIZE)
@@ -303,9 +308,9 @@
 		return fname_decrypt(inode, iname, oname);
 
 	if (iname->len <= FS_FNAME_CRYPTO_DIGEST_SIZE) {
-		ret = digest_encode(iname->name, iname->len, oname->name);
-		oname->len = ret;
-		return ret;
+		oname->len = digest_encode(iname->name, iname->len,
+					   oname->name);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	if (hash) {
 		memcpy(buf, &hash, 4);
@@ -315,15 +320,18 @@
 	}
 	memcpy(buf + 8, iname->name + iname->len - 16, 16);
 	oname->name[0] = '_';
-	ret = digest_encode(buf, 24, oname->name + 1);
-	oname->len = ret + 1;
-	return ret + 1;
+	oname->len = 1 + digest_encode(buf, 24, oname->name + 1);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_fname_disk_to_usr);
 
 /**
  * fscrypt_fname_usr_to_disk() - converts a filename from user space to disk
  * space
+ *
+ * The caller must have allocated sufficient memory for the @oname string.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
  */
 int fscrypt_fname_usr_to_disk(struct inode *inode,
 			const struct qstr *iname,
@@ -333,7 +341,7 @@
 		oname->name[0] = '.';
 		oname->name[iname->len - 1] = '.';
 		oname->len = iname->len;
-		return oname->len;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	if (inode->i_crypt_info)
 		return fname_encrypt(inode, iname, oname);
@@ -367,10 +375,10 @@
 	if (dir->i_crypt_info) {
 		ret = fscrypt_fname_alloc_buffer(dir, iname->len,
 							&fname->crypto_buf);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		ret = fname_encrypt(dir, iname, &fname->crypto_buf);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		if (ret)
 			goto errout;
 		fname->disk_name.name = fname->crypto_buf.name;
 		fname->disk_name.len = fname->crypto_buf.len;