#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(vec) vec.begin(), vec.end()
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define fi first
#define se second
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;
template <class T>
using V = vector<T>;
template <class T>
inline void chmin(T &a, const T &b) { a = min(a, b); }
template <class T>
inline void chmax(T &a, const T &b) { a = max(a, b); }
template <class T>
inline bool kbit(const T &x, const int &k) { return ((x >> k) & 1LL); }
inline int popcount(const int &n) { return __builtin_popcount(n); }
inline ll popcountll(const ll &n) { return __builtin_popcountll(n); }
template <class T>
void zip(V<T> &v) {
    sort(all(v));
    v.erase(unique(all(v)), v.end());
}
void dump() {
    cerr << '\n';
}
template <class Head, class... Tail>
void dump(Head &&head, Tail &&... tail) {
    cerr << head << (sizeof...(Tail) == 0 ? " " : ", ");
    dump(std::move(tail)...);
}
template <class T>
void print(const vector<T> &v) {
    for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) cout << v[i] << (i + 1 == v.size() ? '\n' : ' ');
}
template <class T>
void read(vector<T> &v) {
    for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) cin >> v[i];
}
constexpr char sp = ' ', newl = '\n';
constexpr int dx[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1}, dy[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
constexpr ll INF = (1LL << 30) - 1LL;
constexpr ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    ll n, k;
    cin >> n >> k;
    ll res = 0;
    if (k % 2) {
        res = (k / 2 + 1) * 2;
    } else {
        res = (k / 2) * 2 + 1;
    }
    if (n % 2 == 0) {
        chmin(res, n / 2);
    } else {
        chmin(res, n);
    }
    cout << res << newl;
}