Re: [PATCH] NFS Client: remove supurflous goto from nfs_create_client()

From: Horms
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 21:27:49 EST


On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 02:03:15PM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote:
> Why not just move the label?
>
> I think it is nicer if all of the exit points of a function are at the
> end, I've observed this to be a common convention and its success has
> actually made me jump off the 'goto=hell' bandwagon.
>
> gcc might even be optimising those duplicate instructions to a single
> one, so the duplication would be good documentation.

Sure, I thought of doing that as well, and I wasn't sure which was the
best option. I actually prefer not to have a label if its just going to
return. But I'm not religious about it. Here is an alternate patch that
does what you suggest.

NFS Client: Remove duplicate return in nfs_create_client()

Signed-Off-By: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

inode.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

65263bbdd17ed4ca75ac1c38165e5bd50eed146c
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index a77ee95..14aa539 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ nfs_create_client(struct nfs_server *ser
clnt->cl_intr = 1;
clnt->cl_softrtry = 1;

- return clnt;
-
out_fail:
return clnt;
}
-
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