Re: Doubt in linux/list.h

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Hi,

Libin Varghese wrote:

> #define INIT_LIST_HEAD(ptr) do { \
>        (ptr)->next = (ptr); (ptr)->prev = (ptr); \
> } while (0)

How would you write it without a do { } while(0) ?

do { } while(0) is a usual trick in macros.

Thomas
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