lib/lcm.c: lcm(n,0)=lcm(0,n) is 0, not n

Return the mathematically correct answer when an argument is 0. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]> Cc: Martin K. Petersen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
chewitt · Dec 11, 2014 · 69c953c · 69c953c
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diff --git a/lib/lcm.c b/lib/lcm.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ unsigned long lcm(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
 {
 	if (a && b)
 		return (a / gcd(a, b)) * b;
-	else if (b)
-		return b;
-
-	return a;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lcm);