Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:36:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:36:46 -0400 Received: from adsl-67-117-146-62.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([67.117.146.62]:36869 "EHLO localhost") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:36:46 -0400 From: "Stephen C. Biggs" To: "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:40:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Bug in kernel code? Message-ID: <3D6BB999.5183.3D4AB9@localhost> In-reply-to: <20020827.172924.107290535.davem@redhat.com> References: <3D6BB7CA.26619.363BFC@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 994 Lines: 25 On 27 Aug 2002 at 17:29, David S. Miller wrote: > From: "Stephen C. Biggs" > 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/