On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 06:50, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:57:09 +0200 Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patch exports the gcd implementation from
>> sound/core/pcm_timer.c into include/linux/kernel.h.
>> AR7 uses it in its clock routines.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
>> index 883cd44..878a27a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
>> @@ -147,6 +147,22 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
>> (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x; \
>> })
>>
>> +/* Greatest common divisor */
>> +static inline unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
>> +{
>> + unsigned long r;
>> + if (a < b) {
>> + r = a;
>> + a = b;
>> + b = r;
>> + }
>> + while ((r = a % b) != 0) {
>> + a = b;
>> + b = r;
>> + }
>> + return b;
>> +}
>
> a) the name's a bit sucky. Is there some convention for this name?
Well, `gcd' is a quite common acronym, probably almost as well known as `min'
and `max'...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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