linux-hardened/lib/int_sqrt.c
Peter Zijlstra e813a61400 lib/int_sqrt: adjust comments
Our current int_sqrt() is not rough nor any approximation; it calculates
the exact value of: floor(sqrt()).  Document this.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171020164645.001652117@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Anshul Garg <aksgarg1989@gmail.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (C) 2013 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
*
* Based on the shift-and-subtract algorithm for computing integer
* square root from Guy L. Steele.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
/**
* int_sqrt - computes the integer square root
* @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
*
* Computes: floor(sqrt(x))
*/
unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
{
unsigned long b, m, y = 0;
if (x <= 1)
return x;
m = 1UL << (__fls(x) & ~1UL);
while (m != 0) {
b = y + m;
y >>= 1;
if (x >= b) {
x -= b;
y += m;
}
m >>= 2;
}
return y;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);