其他地方有一些很好的解释，但让我试一试。（这在白板上要容易得多！）这是带有一些符号的 Wikipedia 示例。

假设您要复制 20 个字节。第一遍程序的流程控制为：

int count;                        // Set to 20
{
    int n = (count + 7) / 8;      // n is now 3.  (The "while" is going
                                  //              to be run three times.)

    switch (count % 8) {          // The remainder is 4 (20 modulo 8) so
                                  // jump to the case 4

    case 0:                       // [skipped]
             do {                 // [skipped]
                 *to = *from++;   // [skipped]
    case 7:      *to = *from++;   // [skipped]
    case 6:      *to = *from++;   // [skipped]
    case 5:      *to = *from++;   // [skipped]
    case 4:      *to = *from++;   // Start here.  Copy 1 byte  (total 1)
    case 3:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 2)
    case 2:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 3)
    case 1:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 4)
           } while (--n > 0);     // N = 3 Reduce N by 1, then jump up
                                  //       to the "do" if it's still
    }                             //        greater than 0 (and it is)
}

现在，开始第二遍，我们只运行指定的代码：

int count;                        //
{
    int n = (count + 7) / 8;      //
                                  //

    switch (count % 8) {          //
                                  //

    case 0:                       //
             do {                 // The while jumps to here.
                 *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 5)
    case 7:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 6)
    case 6:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 7)
    case 5:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 8)
    case 4:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 9)
    case 3:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 10)
    case 2:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 11)
    case 1:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 12)
           } while (--n > 0);     // N = 2 Reduce N by 1, then jump up
                                  //       to the "do" if it's still
    }                             //       greater than 0 (and it is)
}

现在，开始第三遍：

int count;                        //
{
    int n = (count + 7) / 8;      //
                                  //

    switch (count % 8) {          //
                                  //

    case 0:                       //
             do {                 // The while jumps to here.
                 *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 13)
    case 7:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 14)
    case 6:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 15)
    case 5:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 16)
    case 4:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 17)
    case 3:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 18)
    case 2:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 19)
    case 1:      *to = *from++;   // Copy 1 byte (total 20)
           } while (--n > 0);     // N = 1  Reduce N by 1, then jump up
                                  //       to the "do" if it's still
    }                             //       greater than 0 (and it's not, so bail)
}                                 // continue here...

现在复制了 20 个字节。

注意：原始 Duff 的设备（如上所示）复制到to地址处的 I/O
设备。因此，没有必要增加指针*to。在两个内存缓冲区之间复制时，您需要使用*to++.