Re: [PATCH 10/11] ring-buffer: move big if statement down

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed May 06 2009 - 04:25:20 EST



* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch changes it to a goto:
>
> code;
>
> if (cross to next page)
> goto next_page;
>
> more code;
>
> return;
>
> next_page:
>
> [ lots of code]

I have pulled it, but could you please change it to a helper
function instead? There's almost never a good reason to combine
'more code' with 'lots of code' in a single function. It also
documents the unlikeliness, etc.

Ingo
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