Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

[Rob Wilkens]

Linus,

I'm REALLY opposed to the use of the word "goto" in any code where it's
not needed.  OF course, I'm a linux kernel newbie, so I'm in no position
to comment

Let me comment below the relevant code snippet below as to how I would
change it:

On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 14:15, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 		if (spin_trylock(&tty_lock.lock))
> 			goto got_lock;
> 		if (tsk == tty_lock.lock_owner) {
> 			WARN_ON(!tty_lock.lock_count);
> 			tty_lock.lock_count++;
> 			return flags;
> 		}
> 		spin_lock(&tty_lock.lock);
> 	got_lock:
> 		WARN_ON(tty_lock.lock_owner);
	    	   <etc...>

I would change it to something like the following (without testing the
code through a compiler or anything to see if it's valid):

			if (!(spin_trylock(&tty_lock.lock))){
				if (tsk ==tty_lock.lock_owner){
					WRAN_ON(!tty_lock.lcok_count);
					tty_lock.lock_count++;
					return flags;
				}
			}
			WARN_ON(tty_lock.lock_owner);	
			<etc...>

Am I wrong that the above would do the same thing without generating the
sphagetti code that a goto would give you.  Gotos are BAD, very very
bad.  Please note also that the two if statements above could probably
even be combined further into one statement by using a short circuit &&
in the if.

If I'm misinterpreting the original code, then forgive me..  I just saw
a goto and gasped.  There's always a better option than goto.

-Rob