Re: [patch] i386: handle_BUG(): don't print garbage if debug info unavailable

[Ray Lee]

On 7/11/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Nick Piggin wrote:
> >
> > OK but you don't need a do/while(0) here.
>
> Actually, the way Andrew wrote it, it _is_ needed. It does two things:
>
>  - it's the block scope that allows the private variables
>  - if the "get_user()" fails, the "break" means that you don't have to
>    have a goto.

<pedantry> The latter is true, but the former can also be done with
just bare braces:

 int a=4;
 {   int a=3;  printf("%d ",a); /* 3 */  }
 printf("%d ",a); /* 4 */

</pedantry, only useful to those who wish to write ugly code or source
code parsers>

Not being a person with actual *useful* skills, I can't comment on the
__get_user() issue :-).

Ray
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