This is C, in the kernel. You can't "raise an exception."
The gotos are necessary because kernel work requires allocating resources. If an error is hit, the function needs to exit, but it also needs to release its resources correctly. But, these resources need to be freed upon normal completion as well. Hence, gotos.
The gotos are necessary because kernel work requires allocating resources. If an error is hit, the function needs to exit, but it also needs to release its resources correctly. But, these resources need to be freed upon normal completion as well. Hence, gotos.
You should probably read some of the code before saying it's bad. See, for example, the function that implements a memory map: http://miller.cs.wm.edu/lxr3.linux/http/source/mm/mmap.c?v=2...