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    SubjectRe: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?
    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

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