Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

[Rob Wilkens]

On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 16:40, Rik van Riel wrote:
> OK, now imagine the dcache locking changing a little bit.
> You need to update this piece of (duplicated) code in half
> a dozen places in just this function and no doubt in dozens
> of other places all over fs/*.c.
> 
> >From a maintenance point of view, a goto to a single block
> of error handling code is easier to maintain.
> 

There's no reason, though, that the error handling/cleanup code can't be
in an entirely separate function, and if speed is needed, there's no
reason it can't be an "inline" function.  Or am I oversimplifying things
again?

-Rob