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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib: gcd: prevent possible div by 0
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On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 11:12 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 17:03 +0200, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> > Account for properties when a and/or b are 0:
> > gcd(0, 0) = 0
> > gcd(a, 0) = a
> > gcd(0, b) = b
> >
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> > ---
> > lib/gcd.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/gcd.c b/lib/gcd.c
> > index cce4f3c..7e163c6 100644
> > --- a/lib/gcd.c
> > +++ b/lib/gcd.c
> > @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
> > {
> > unsigned long r;
> >
> > + if (!a || !b)
> > + return a | b;
>
> This seems overkill

It might, but it reads better, IMHO.

>
> > +
> > if (a < b)
> > swap(a, b);
>
> better here to :
> if (!b)
> return a;
>

Sure, I don't mind either way. I'll send a v2 shortly.

Thanks for reviewing.
Davidlohr




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