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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (C) 2013 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
*
* Based on the shift-and-subtract algorithm for computing integer
* square root from Guy L. Steele.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
/**
* int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
* @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
*
* A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
*/
unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
{
unsigned long b, m, y = 0;
if (x <= 1)
return x;
m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
while (m != 0) {
b = y + m;
y >>= 1;
if (x >= b) {
x -= b;
y += m;
}
m >>= 2;
}
return y;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);