The patch titled Subject: lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0 has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-gcdc-prevent-possible-div-by-0.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> 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 Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/gcd.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN lib/gcd.c~lib-gcdc-prevent-possible-div-by-0 lib/gcd.c --- a/lib/gcd.c~lib-gcdc-prevent-possible-div-by-0 +++ a/lib/gcd.c @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsig if (a < b) swap(a, b); + + if (!b) + return a; while ((r = a % b) != 0) { a = b; b = r; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxx are oom-remove-deprecated-oom_adj.patch lib-gcdc-prevent-possible-div-by-0.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html