Jim Bauer wrote:
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/
I understand that it is neccessary for a block of statments, but we are
they using it for a single statement
Libin Varghese
Email: libinv@xxxxxxxxx
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