From: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] lib: Fix bug in int_sqrt() for 64 bit longs
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:13:47 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43BDFC8B.9020805@bigpond.net.au> (raw)
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The implementation of int_sqrt() assumes that longs have 32 bits. On
systems that have 64 bit longs this will result in gross errors when the
argument to the function is greater than 2^32 - 1 on such systems. I
doubt whether any such use is currently made of int_sqrt() but the
attached patch fixes the problem anyway.
Signed-off-by: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.com.au>
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Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au
"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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Index: GIT-warnings/lib/int_sqrt.c
===================================================================
--- GIT-warnings.orig/lib/int_sqrt.c 2005-10-25 13:55:22.000000000 +1000
+++ GIT-warnings/lib/int_sqrt.c 2006-01-06 14:29:19.000000000 +1100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
op = x;
res = 0;
- one = 1 << 30;
+ one = 1 << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
while (one > op)
one >>= 2;
next reply other threads:[~2006-01-06 5:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-06 5:13 Peter Williams [this message]
2006-01-06 6:42 ` [PATCH] lib: Fix bug in int_sqrt() for 64 bit longs Eric Dumazet
2006-01-06 23:21 ` Peter Williams
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