--- linux-2.4.0-test8/mm/filemap.c	Sat Sep  9 02:35:09 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-test8-new/mm/filemap.c	Thu Sep 14 03:14:06 2000
@@ -189,16 +189,14 @@
 	unsigned long start;
 
 	start = (lstart + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	head = &mapping->pages;
 
 repeat:
-	head = &mapping->pages;
 	spin_lock(&pagecache_lock);
-	curr = head->next;
-	while (curr != head) {
+	for (curr = head->next; curr != head; curr = curr->next) {
 		unsigned long offset;
 
 		page = list_entry(curr, struct page, list);
-		curr = curr->next;
 		offset = page->index;
 
 		/* Is one of the pages to truncate? */