Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/math/rational.c: Fix divide by zero

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed May 26 2021 - 04:05:52 EST


On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 04:35:18PM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:
> If the input is out of the range of the allowed values, either larger
> than the largest value or closer to zero than the smallest non-zero
> allowed value, then a division by zero would occur.
>
> In the case of input too large, the division by zero will occur on the
> first iteration. The best result (largest allowed value) will be found
> by always choosing the semi-convergent and excluding the denominator
> based limit when finding it.
>
> In the case of the input too small, the division by zero will occur on
> the second iteration. The numerator based semi-convergent should not be
> calculated to avoid the division by zero. But the semi-convergent vs
> previous convergent test is still needed, which effectively chooses
> between 0 (the previous convergent) vs the smallest allowed fraction
> (best semi-convergent) as the result.

What has been changed that you haven't applied my Rb tag?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko