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+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/gcd.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+/*
+ * This implements the binary GCD algorithm. (Often attributed to Stein,
+ * but as Knuth has noted, appears in a first-century Chinese math text.)
+ *
+ * This is faster than the division-based algorithm even on x86, which
+ * has decent hardware division.
+ */
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS)
+
+/* If __ffs is available, the even/odd algorithm benchmarks slower. */
+
+/**
+ * gcd - calculate and return the greatest common divisor of 2 unsigned longs
+ * @a: first value
+ * @b: second value
+ */
+unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
+{
+	unsigned long r = a | b;
+
+	if (!a || !b)
+		return r;
+
+	b >>= __ffs(b);
+	if (b == 1)
+		return r & -r;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		a >>= __ffs(a);
+		if (a == 1)
+			return r & -r;
+		if (a == b)
+			return a << __ffs(r);
+
+		if (a < b)
+			swap(a, b);
+		a -= b;
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+
+/* If normalization is done by loops, the even/odd algorithm is a win. */
+unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
+{
+	unsigned long r = a | b;
+
+	if (!a || !b)
+		return r;
+
+	/* Isolate lsbit of r */
+	r &= -r;
+
+	while (!(b & r))
+		b >>= 1;
+	if (b == r)
+		return r;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		while (!(a & r))
+			a >>= 1;
+		if (a == r)
+			return r;
+		if (a == b)
+			return a;
+
+		if (a < b)
+			swap(a, b);
+		a -= b;
+		a >>= 1;
+		if (a & r)
+			a += b;
+		a >>= 1;
+	}
+}
+
+#endif
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gcd);