From: Anshul Garg <aksgarg1...@gmail.com> Unnecessary instructions are executing even though m is greater than x so added logic to make m less than equal to x before performing these operations.
Signed-off-by: Anshul Garg <aksgarg1...@gmail.com> --- lib/int_sqrt.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/int_sqrt.c b/lib/int_sqrt.c index 1ef4cc3..64ae722 100644 --- a/lib/int_sqrt.c +++ b/lib/int_sqrt.c @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x) return x; m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2); + + while (m > x) + m >>= 2; while (m != 0) { b = y + m; y >>= 1; -- 1.7.9.5 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/