Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels
From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 13:55:27 EST
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:43:51 PDT, "H. Peter Anvin" said:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > But gotos are special. ("Evil" minus the "it's good for unrolling in case of an
> > error" case).
> So?
>
> You still want them to be associated with the level the bailout happens at.
No, you want them associated with the level you bail out *TO*. Otherwise you
get this:
...
...
if (..) {
if (..) {
goto ka_blammo;
...
foo = yadda_yadda(.....);
kfree(bar->some_struct);
ka_blammo:
/* continue with cleanup here */
Goto labels belong in column 1. Or 2 if you believe in the existence of 'diff
-p' that get confused by col-1 labels.
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