> More labels are more chances of bug (and we don't care micro optimize > on this error path), isn't it? I would prefer that a few jump targets can be redirected so that unnecessary function calls (and corresponding checks) can be avoided. > Increasing the chance of bugs and bothers developers for analyzer sounds > like strange. There are different opinions around source code clarity. > (And we are initializing those for avoiding to be bothered by choosing > correct label. Pointer initialisation is convenient and safe in some use cases, isn't it? > If we really care micro optimize, initialization of those should not > be required and should not be touched on other paths, and gcc can warn > its usage.) I imagine that a software optimiser can eventually perform better job if unneeded statements could be omitted, couldn't it? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html