tlv: remove unused error return value

This commit also modifies a previous migration. Because the change is so
limited, we don't consider this a significant risk.

channeldb/migration_01_to_11/payments.go

@@ -562,12 +562,7 @@ func deserializeHop(r io.Reader) (*route.Hop, error) {
 		tlvMap[tlvType] = rawRecordBytes
 	}
 
-	tlvRecords, err := tlv.MapToRecords(tlvMap)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	h.TLVRecords = tlvRecords
+	h.TLVRecords = tlv.MapToRecords(tlvMap)
 
 	return h, nil
 }

channeldb/payments.go

@@ -710,12 +710,7 @@ func deserializeHop(r io.Reader) (*route.Hop, error) {
 		h.MPP = mpp
 	}
 
-	tlvRecords, err := tlv.MapToRecords(tlvMap)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	h.TLVRecords = tlvRecords
+	h.TLVRecords = tlv.MapToRecords(tlvMap)
 
 	return h, nil
 }

lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go

@@ -233,10 +233,7 @@ func (r *RouterBackend) QueryRoutes(ctx context.Context,
 	// If we have any TLV records destined for the final hop, then we'll
 	// attempt to decode them now into a form that the router can more
 	// easily manipulate.
-	destTlvRecords, err := tlv.MapToRecords(destTLV)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	destTlvRecords := tlv.MapToRecords(destTLV)
 
 	// Query the channel router for a possible path to the destination that
 	// can carry `in.Amt` satoshis _including_ the total fee required on
@@ -533,11 +530,7 @@ func (r *RouterBackend) extractIntentFromSendRequest(
 
 	var destTLV map[uint64][]byte
 	if len(destTLV) != 0 {
-		var err error
-		payIntent.FinalDestRecords, err = tlv.MapToRecords(destTLV)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		payIntent.FinalDestRecords = tlv.MapToRecords(destTLV)
 	}
 
 	payIntent.PayAttemptTimeout = time.Second *

rpcserver.go

@@ -3134,13 +3134,7 @@ func (r *rpcServer) extractPaymentIntent(rpcPayReq *rpcPaymentRequest) (rpcPayme
 	payIntent.cltvLimit = cltvLimit
 
 	if len(rpcPayReq.DestTlv) != 0 {
-		var err error
-		payIntent.destTLV, err = tlv.MapToRecords(
-			rpcPayReq.DestTlv,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return payIntent, err
-		}
+		payIntent.destTLV = tlv.MapToRecords(rpcPayReq.DestTlv)
 	}
 
 	validateDest := func(dest route.Vertex) error {

tlv/record.go

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func StubEncoder(v []byte) Encoder {
 // MapToRecords encodes the passed TLV map as a series of regular tlv.Record
 // instances. The resulting set of records will be returned in sorted order by
 // their type.
-func MapToRecords(tlvMap map[uint64][]byte) ([]Record, error) {
+func MapToRecords(tlvMap map[uint64][]byte) []Record {
 	records := make([]Record, 0, len(tlvMap))
 	for k, v := range tlvMap {
 		// We don't pass in a decoder here since we don't actually know
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func MapToRecords(tlvMap map[uint64][]byte) ([]Record, error) {
 
 	SortRecords(records)
 
-	return records, nil
+	return records
 }
 
 // SortRecords is a helper function that will sort a slice of records in place

tlv/record_test.go

@@ -114,10 +114,7 @@ func TestRecordMapTransformation(t *testing.T) {
 				spew.Sdump(mappedRecords))
 		}
 
-		unmappedRecords, err := MapToRecords(mappedRecords)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("#%v: unable to unmap records: %v", i, err)
-		}
+		unmappedRecords := MapToRecords(mappedRecords)
 
 		for i := 0; i < len(testCase.records); i++ {
 			if unmappedRecords[i].Type() != testCase.records[i].Type() {