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SubjectRe: kernel/timer.c: next_timer_interrupt() strange/buggy(?) code (2.6.18-rc1-mm2)
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:29:27 +0200, Michael Buesch said:

> Continue is equal to:
>
> LOOP {
> /* foo */
> goto continue; /* == continue */
/* What the code actually had: */
goto found; /* Note placement of the label *AFTER* end of loop */
> /* foo */
> continue:
> } LOOP

found: /* out of the loop entirely */

A 'continue' drops you *at* the end of the loop. The 'goto found:' in the
original code drops you *after* the end of the loop. One will potentially go
around for another pass, the other you're *done*.

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