Commit 74a5fef7 authored by Rasmus Villemoes's avatar Rasmus Villemoes Committed by Linus Torvalds

lib/lcm.c: ensure correct result whenever it fits

Ensure that lcm(a,b) returns the mathematically correct result, provided
it fits in an unsigned long.  The current version returns garbage if a*b
overflows, even if the final result would fit.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 7b212edf
......@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
unsigned long lcm(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
{
if (a && b)
return (a * b) / gcd(a, b);
return (a / gcd(a, b)) * b;
else if (b)
return b;
......
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