diff --git a/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c b/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
index 0717aa96ce39bd22d1b4fe9e3a82242fa1e5403e..9bc20e2119a35412df6584258c4e7a1c2d3b9687 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ __dump_tlb_entries(struct omap_iommu *obj, struct cr_regs *crs, int num)
 static ssize_t iotlb_dump_cr(struct omap_iommu *obj, struct cr_regs *cr,
 			     struct seq_file *s)
 {
-	return seq_printf(s, "%08x %08x %01x\n", cr->cam, cr->ram,
+	seq_printf(s, "%08x %08x %01x\n", cr->cam, cr->ram,
 			  (cr->cam & MMU_CAM_P) ? 1 : 0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static size_t omap_dump_tlb_entries(struct omap_iommu *obj, struct seq_file *s)
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index e4905fbf3396978b6d5f77319df6f3613f9d4ed7..8f20d6016e205d341b82e31025961e8c9f6c6963 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ static int nsfs_show_path(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
-	return seq_printf(seq, "%s:[%lu]", ns_ops->name, inode->i_ino);
+	seq_printf(seq, "%s:[%lu]", ns_ops->name, inode->i_ino);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations nsfs_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 263b125dbcf4d1e68787032bb0827074fcb075d5..225586e141cac6e21a35b75e74201355f7f3f6d1 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -372,16 +372,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_release);
  *	@esc:	set of characters that need escaping
  *
  *	Puts string into buffer, replacing each occurrence of character from
- *	@esc with usual octal escape.  Returns 0 in case of success, -1 - in
- *	case of overflow.
+ *	@esc with usual octal escape.
+ *	Use seq_has_overflowed() to check for errors.
  */
-int seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc)
+void seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc)
 {
 	char *end = m->buf + m->size;
-        char *p;
+	char *p;
 	char c;
 
-        for (p = m->buf + m->count; (c = *s) != '\0' && p < end; s++) {
+	for (p = m->buf + m->count; (c = *s) != '\0' && p < end; s++) {
 		if (!strchr(esc, c)) {
 			*p++ = c;
 			continue;
@@ -394,14 +394,13 @@ int seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc)
 			continue;
 		}
 		seq_set_overflow(m);
-		return -1;
-        }
+		return;
+	}
 	m->count = p - m->buf;
-        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape);
 
-int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, va_list args)
+void seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, va_list args)
 {
 	int len;
 
@@ -409,24 +408,20 @@ int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, va_list args)
 		len = vsnprintf(m->buf + m->count, m->size - m->count, f, args);
 		if (m->count + len < m->size) {
 			m->count += len;
-			return 0;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 	seq_set_overflow(m);
-	return -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_vprintf);
 
-int seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
+void seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
 {
-	int ret;
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, f);
-	ret = seq_vprintf(m, f, args);
+	seq_vprintf(m, f, args);
 	va_end(args);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_printf);
 
@@ -664,26 +659,25 @@ int seq_open_private(struct file *filp, const struct seq_operations *ops,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_open_private);
 
-int seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c)
+void seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c)
 {
-	if (m->count < m->size) {
-		m->buf[m->count++] = c;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return -1;
+	if (m->count >= m->size)
+		return;
+
+	m->buf[m->count++] = c;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_putc);
 
-int seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s)
+void seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s)
 {
 	int len = strlen(s);
-	if (m->count + len < m->size) {
-		memcpy(m->buf + m->count, s, len);
-		m->count += len;
-		return 0;
+
+	if (m->count + len >= m->size) {
+		seq_set_overflow(m);
+		return;
 	}
-	seq_set_overflow(m);
-	return -1;
+	memcpy(m->buf + m->count, s, len);
+	m->count += len;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_puts);
 
@@ -694,8 +688,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_puts);
  * This routine is very quick when you show lots of numbers.
  * In usual cases, it will be better to use seq_printf(). It's easier to read.
  */
-int seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
-			unsigned long long num)
+void seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
+			 unsigned long long num)
 {
 	int len;
 
@@ -707,35 +701,33 @@ int seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
 
 	if (num < 10) {
 		m->buf[m->count++] = num + '0';
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	len = num_to_str(m->buf + m->count, m->size - m->count, num);
 	if (!len)
 		goto overflow;
 	m->count += len;
-	return 0;
+	return;
+
 overflow:
 	seq_set_overflow(m);
-	return -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_put_decimal_ull);
 
-int seq_put_decimal_ll(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
-			long long num)
+void seq_put_decimal_ll(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter, long long num)
 {
 	if (num < 0) {
 		if (m->count + 3 >= m->size) {
 			seq_set_overflow(m);
-			return -1;
+			return;
 		}
 		if (delimiter)
 			m->buf[m->count++] = delimiter;
 		num = -num;
 		delimiter = '-';
 	}
-	return seq_put_decimal_ull(m, delimiter, num);
-
+	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, delimiter, num);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_put_decimal_ll);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index adeadbd6d7bfa4909db409aaa3f10e90a9e8ca00..dde00defbaa52bd2ae380c76e7df305389aa5b8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -114,13 +114,18 @@ int seq_open(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *);
 ssize_t seq_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 loff_t seq_lseek(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 int seq_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
-int seq_escape(struct seq_file *, const char *, const char *);
-int seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c);
-int seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s);
 int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len);
 
-__printf(2, 3) int seq_printf(struct seq_file *, const char *, ...);
-__printf(2, 0) int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *, const char *, va_list args);
+__printf(2, 0)
+void seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+__printf(2, 3)
+void seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *fmt, ...);
+void seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c);
+void seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s);
+void seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
+			 unsigned long long num);
+void seq_put_decimal_ll(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter, long long num);
+void seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc);
 
 void seq_hex_dump(struct seq_file *m, const char *prefix_str, int prefix_type,
 		  int rowsize, int groupsize, const void *buf, size_t len,
@@ -138,10 +143,6 @@ int single_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 void *__seq_open_private(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *, int);
 int seq_open_private(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *, int);
 int seq_release_private(struct inode *, struct file *);
-int seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
-			unsigned long long num);
-int seq_put_decimal_ll(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
-			long long num);
 
 static inline struct user_namespace *seq_user_ns(struct seq_file *seq)
 {