Re: [patch 2/2]: introduce fast_gup

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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +retry:
> +	pte.pte_low = ptep->pte_low;
> +	smp_rmb();
> +	pte.pte_high = ptep->pte_high;
> +	smp_rmb();
> +	if (unlikely(pte.pte_low != ptep->pte_low))
> +		goto retry;

What about using `do { ... } while (...)' instead?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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