Hello everybody !!
      The patch below is what i think is a better approach to
compute int_sqrt().

What about it ?

Thanks !!

---
--- a/lib/int_sqrt.c    2008-04-17 08:19:44.000000000 +0530
+++ b/lib/int_sqrt.c    2008-07-02 11:37:01.000000000 +0530
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
@@ -7,26 +6,21 @@
  * @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
  *
  * A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
+ * Improved version from the previous one.
  */
 unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
 {
-    unsigned long op, res, one;
-
-    op = x;
-    res = 0;
-
-    one = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
-    while (one > op)
-        one >>= 2;
-
-    while (one != 0) {
-        if (op >= res + one) {
-            op = op - (res + one);
-            res = res +  2 * one;
-        }
-        res /= 2;
-        one /= 4;
-    }
-    return res;
+    unsigned long ub, lb, m;
+    lb = 1;                /* lower bound */
+    ub = (x >> 5) + 8;        /* upper bound */
+    do {
+        m = (ub + lb) >>  1;    /* middle value */
+        if((m * m) > x)
+            ub = m - 1;
+        else
+            lb = m + 1;
+    } while(ub >= lb);
+    
+    return lb - 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);



      

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