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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-11-29 12:47:41 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-11-29 12:47:41 +1100
commitcf40a76e7d5874bb25f4404eecc58a2e033af885 (patch)
tree8fd81cbea03c87b3d41d7ae5b1d11eadd35d6ef5 /lib/int_sqrt.c
parentab5348c9c23cd253f5902980d2d8fe067dc24c82 (diff)
parent4fbd8d194f06c8a3fd2af1ce560ddb31f7ec8323 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.15-rc1' into next-seccomp
Linux 4.15-rc1
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/int_sqrt.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/int_sqrt.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/int_sqrt.c b/lib/int_sqrt.c
index 1ef4cc344977..e2d329099bf7 100644
--- a/lib/int_sqrt.c
+++ b/lib/int_sqrt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (C) 2013 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
*
@@ -7,12 +8,13 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
/**
- * int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
+ * int_sqrt - computes the integer square root
* @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
*
- * A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
+ * Computes: floor(sqrt(x))
*/
unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
{
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
if (x <= 1)
return x;
- m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
+ m = 1UL << (__fls(x) & ~1UL);
while (m != 0) {
b = y + m;
y >>= 1;