netdev - Re: [PATCH] [2/2] Remove some unnecessary gotos in established_get

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Message-Id: <200801300925.12397.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:25:12 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/2] Remove some unnecessary gotos in established_get_first()

Am Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008 09:01:10 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> 
> gcc does not generate different code for return foo vs bar = foo; goto x;
> x: return bar; So convert it all to direct returns for better readability.

Now suppose somebody needs to change locking. He'll have to convert
it back. IMHO a conditional return is worse than "goto clearly_named_label"

	Regards
		Oliver
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