From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Van Maren, Kevin" <kevin.vanmaren@unisys.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 06:09:53 +0000
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Re: [PATCH] sal calls w/o taking sal_lock
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> I do not understand why you renamed the variables.  The SAL code is
> enclosed in do { } while();  All variables within {} are 
> local, they do not need unique names.

What happens to this:

#define foo(arg) do { int flag; arg = flag; } while (0)

If I do this:

	foo(flag);

Answer:

	do { int flag; flag = flag; } while (0);

Does his change make more sense now?

Kevin