--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/atomic/AtomicBoolean.java	Thu Jan 10 16:20:26 2013
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/atomic/AtomicBoolean.java	Thu Jan 10 16:20:25 2013
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
      *
      * @param expect the expected value
      * @param update the new value
-     * @return true if successful.
+     * @return true if successful
      */
     public boolean weakCompareAndSet(boolean expect, boolean update) {
         int e = expect ? 1 : 0;
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
      * @return the previous value
      */
     public final boolean getAndSet(boolean newValue) {
-        for (;;) {
-            boolean current = get();
-            if (compareAndSet(current, newValue))
-                return current;
-        }
+        boolean prev;
+        do {
+            prev = get();
+        } while (!compareAndSet(prev, newValue));
+        return prev;
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the String representation of the current value.
-     * @return the String representation of the current value.
+     * @return the String representation of the current value
      */
     public String toString() {
         return Boolean.toString(get());