Re: macro

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Regards,
Mohit Kalra

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories
to suit facts."
-SH


                                                                                                                                            
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often i see in the linux kernel source, the macro written in following
mode:

#define macro_name do{
      asm volatile{....}
  while(0);

why use do while(0) if the number of loop is one?

Thanks
R!SC



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