Re: [PATCH] lib/gcd: Convert to Rust

[Greg KH]

On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 09:37:26PM -0400, Raymond Newman wrote:
> >From 96902ad2caf167ca0377e0b2063973e2183465b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Raymond Newman <raymondcharlesnewman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 21:29:29 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] lib/gcd: Convert to Rust
> 
> Convert lib/math/gcd.c to Rust. The binary GCD algorithm is preserved
> exactly, including both the efficient-ffs fast path and the even/odd
> fallback for CONFIG_CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS targets.

This says what you are doing, but not why.  Why make this change?

> -static unsigned long binary_gcd(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
> -{
> - unsigned long r = a | b;
> -

<snip>

whitespace is damaged and this does not apply.

thanks,

greg k-h