Am Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008 09:01:10 schrieb Andi Kleen:

gcc does not generate different code for return foo vs bar = foo; goto x;
x: return bar; So convert it all to direct returns for better readability.

Now suppose somebody needs to change locking. He'll have to convert
it back. IMHO a conditional return is worse than "goto clearly_named_label"

	Regards
		Oliver