Re: fake loop

Mike Frisch (mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org)
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:25:39 -0400

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:57:34AM -0600, Andrey Ilinykh wrote:
> Very often I see in kernel such code as
> do {
> dosomthing();
> } while(0);
>
> or even
>
> #define prepare_to_switch() do { } while(0)
>
> Who can explain me a reason for these fake loops?

This is answered in the Kernelnewbies FAQ @
http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#dowhile.xml.
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