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-rw-r--r--libraries/integer-gmp/src/GHC/Integer/Type.hs4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/integer-gmp/src/GHC/Integer/Type.hs b/libraries/integer-gmp/src/GHC/Integer/Type.hs
index 9ea7c0641c..9636b9f443 100644
--- a/libraries/integer-gmp/src/GHC/Integer/Type.hs
+++ b/libraries/integer-gmp/src/GHC/Integer/Type.hs
@@ -1389,7 +1389,9 @@ gcdExtSBigNat x y = case runS go of (g,s) -> (# g, s #)
where
go = do
g@(MBN# g#) <- newBigNat# gn0#
- s@(MBN# s#) <- newBigNat# (absI# xn#)
+ -- According to https://gmplib.org/manual/Number-Theoretic-Functions.html#index-mpz_005fgcdext
+ -- abs(s) < abs(y) / (2 g)
+ s@(MBN# s#) <- newBigNat# (absI# yn#)
I# ssn_# <- liftIO (integer_gmp_gcdext# s# g# x# xn# y# yn#)
let ssn# = narrowGmpSize# ssn_#
sn# = absI# ssn#