From e96875677fb2b7cb739c5d7769824dff7260d31d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:13:18 -0700 Subject: lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0 Account for all properties when a and/or b are 0: gcd(0, 0) = 0 gcd(a, 0) = a gcd(0, b) = b Fixes no known problems in current kernels. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- lib/gcd.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/gcd.c b/lib/gcd.c index cce4f3cd14b3..3657f129d7b8 100644 --- a/lib/gcd.c +++ b/lib/gcd.c @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b) if (a < b) swap(a, b); + + if (!b) + return a; while ((r = a % b) != 0) { a = b; b = r; -- cgit v1.2.3