linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] ring-buffer: move big if statement down

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 10:24:47 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] ring-buffer: move big if statement down


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> This patch changes it to a goto:
> 
> 	code;
> 
> 	if (cross to next page)
> 		goto next_page;
> 
> 	more code;
> 
> 	return;
> 
> next_page:
> 
> 	[ lots of code]

I have pulled it, but could you please change it to a helper 
function instead? There's almost never a good reason to combine 
'more code' with 'lots of code' in a single function. It also 
documents the unlikeliness, etc.

	Ingo
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