Re: [ 011/120] lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0

[Ben Hutchings]

On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 09:59 +0900, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
> 
> commit e96875677fb2b7cb739c5d7769824dff7260d31d upstream.
> 
> Account for all properties when a and/or b are 0:
> gcd(0, 0) = 0
> gcd(a, 0) = a
> gcd(0, b) = b
> 
> Fixes no known problems in current kernels.
[...]

I can't believe this change is harmful, but unless there are some known
problems this doesn't meet the criteria for a stable update.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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