The patch titled
Subject: lib/int_sqrt: adjust comments
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
lib-int_sqrt-adjust-comments.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anshul Garg <aksgarg1989@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/int_sqrt.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN lib/int_sqrt.c~lib-int_sqrt-adjust-comments lib/int_sqrt.c
--- a/lib/int_sqrt.c~lib-int_sqrt-adjust-comments
+++ a/lib/int_sqrt.c
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
#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)
{
_
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