Re: [PATCH 1/8] add lib/gcd.c

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:57:24 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 16:39 +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > diff --git a/lib/gcd.c b/lib/gcd.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..6634741
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/gcd.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +#include <linux/gcd.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +
> > +/* Greatest common divisor */
> > +unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
> > +{
> > +   unsigned long r;
> > +
> > +   if (a < b) {
> > +           r = a;
> > +           a = b;
> > +           b = r;
>       swap(a, b)

yup

> > +   }
> > +   while ((r = a % b) != 0) {
> > +           a = b;
> > +           b = r;
> > +   }
> > +   return b;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gcd);
> 
> Shouldn't a generic gcd protect against a div0
> if gcd(0,0)?

nope.  It's a caller bug, there's nothing the callee can do to fix it,
so an oops is a fine response.