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From: krishna <krishna.c@globaledgesoft.com>
To: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Significance of do ... while (0)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:39:00 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41C25BDC.8080404@globaledgesoft.com> (raw)

Hi all,

    Can any one explain the importance of do  ... while (0)

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya

#define STATS_SET_HIGH(x)       do { if ((x)->num_active > (x)->high_mark) \
                                        (x)->high_mark = (x)->num_active; \
                                } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_ERR(x)        ((x)->errors++)
#define STATS_SET_FREEABLE(x, i) \
                                do { if ((x)->max_freeable < i) \
                                        (x)->max_freeable = i; \
                                } while (0)
                                                                                                                              
 
#define STATS_INC_ALLOCHIT(x)   atomic_inc(&(x)->allochit)
#define STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(x)  atomic_inc(&(x)->allocmiss)
#define STATS_INC_FREEHIT(x)    atomic_inc(&(x)->freehit)
#define STATS_INC_FREEMISS(x)   atomic_inc(&(x)->freemiss)
#else
#define STATS_INC_ACTIVE(x)     do { } while (0)
#define STATS_DEC_ACTIVE(x)     do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_ALLOCED(x)    do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_GROWN(x)      do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_REAPED(x)     do { } while (0)
#define STATS_SET_HIGH(x)       do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_ERR(x)        do { } while (0)
#define STATS_SET_FREEABLE(x, i) \
                                do { } while (0)
                                                                                                                              
 
#define STATS_INC_ALLOCHIT(x)   do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(x)  do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_FREEHIT(x)    do { } while (0)
#define STATS_INC_FREEMISS(x)   do { } while (0)


             reply	other threads:[~2004-12-17  4:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-17  4:09 krishna [this message]
2004-12-17  4:21 ` Significance of do ... while (0) Dave Jones
2004-12-17  4:54   ` krishna
2004-12-17  4:29 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2004-12-17  7:44   ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-17  7:58     ` vlobanov
2004-12-17  8:06       ` Jan Engelhardt

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