>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cambrant <tim@cambrant.com> writes: Tim> Could someone please explain to me why we have a bunch Tim> of gotos where they really could be removed? I'm sure Tim> there is a good reason, but I simply don't see it. For Tim> example, why shouldn't the following patch be applied? Tim> I'd appreciate any explanation I could get. Thank you. Because someone thought he's smarter than the compiler. Which may have been true at the time. Nowdays it probably does not make any difference -- the compiler would generate the same code in either variant (though probably different on different architectures). ~velco -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
