Re: Bug in kernel code?

["Stephen C. Biggs" <s.biggs@softier.com>]

On 27 Aug 2002 at 17:29, David S. Miller wrote:

>    From: "Stephen C. Biggs" <s.biggs@softier.com>
>    Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:32:58 -0700
>    
>    This is a "do while" loop so the first test is always done
>    
> No, a "do while" loop always executes the first iteration.
> What version of the C language do you think we are using?
> 

You're misunderstanding me, I meant that the  first test is done AFTER the first iteration is 
executed, so my fix is correct since, even if order is 0 because at least one iteration of the loop 
is done, and the post decrement makes sure that the test succeeds if order was 0 going into the 
loop.

Changing order to a signed long loses half of the cache entries due to the number being divided by 
2.