Re: Doubt in linux/list.h

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Libin Varghese wrote:
> Hi,
>    In linux/list.h, there is the following lines. Why use a do-while
> loop when the statements inside is run only once.
> 
> #define INIT_LIST_HEAD(ptr) do { \
>        (ptr)->next = (ptr); (ptr)->prev = (ptr); \
> } while (0)

See http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/


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