Linus himself has publicly said he doesn't mind appropriate gotos. "I think goto's are fine, and they are often more readable than large amounts of indentation.

Linus himself has publicly said he doesn't mind appropriate gotos. "I think goto's are fine, and they are often more readable than large amounts of indentation." Mind you this was 11 years ago, and it's weird to quote him as some sort of oracle. But it seems relevant. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331202351/http://kerneltrap.org/node/553/2131 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331202351/http://kerneltrap...