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+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/**
+ * int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
+ * @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
+ *
+ * A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
+ */
+unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
+{
+ unsigned long op, res, one;
+
+ op = x;
+ res = 0;
+
+ one = 1 << 30;
+ 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;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);