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b2441318 1// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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2/*
3 * Copyright (C) 2013 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
4 *
5 * Based on the shift-and-subtract algorithm for computing integer
6 * square root from Guy L. Steele.
7 */
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9#include <linux/kernel.h>
8bc3bcc9 10#include <linux/export.h>
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11
12/**
13 * int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
14 * @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
15 *
16 * A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
17 */
18unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
19{
30493cc9 20 unsigned long b, m, y = 0;
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22 if (x <= 1)
23 return x;
1da177e4 24
30493cc9 25 m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
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26 while (m > x)
27 m >>= 2;
28
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29 while (m != 0) {
30 b = y + m;
31 y >>= 1;
1da177e4 32
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33 if (x >= b) {
34 x -= b;
35 y += m;
1da177e4 36 }
30493cc9 37 m >>= 2;
1da177e4 38 }
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39
40 return y;
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41}
42EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);