#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<queue>
#include<map>
#include<math.h>
#include<iomanip>
#include<set>
#include<numeric>
#include<cstring>
#include<cstdio>
#include<functional>
#include<bitset>
#include<limits.h>
#include<cassert>
#include<iterator>
#include<complex>
#include<stack>
#include<sstream>
#include<iterator>
#include<list>

using namespace std;

typedef  long long int lint;

#define rep(i, n) for (lint i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define sort(v) sort((v).begin(), (v).end())
#define reverse(v) reverse((v).begin(), (v).end())
#define upper(v,hoge) upper_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),hoge)
#define lower(v,hoge) lower_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),hoge)
#define mp make_pair
#define IP pair<int,int>
#define enld endl

int main() {
	lint N, K;
	cin >> N >> K;
	lint ans = 0;
	if (N % 2 == 0 && K % 2 == 0) {
		if (K >= (N - 2) / 2) {
			ans = N / 2;
		}
		else {
			ans = K + 1;
		}
	}
	else if (N % 2 == 0 && K % 2 == 1) {
		if (K >= N / 2) {
			ans = N / 2;
		}
		else {
			ans = K + 1;
		}
	}
	else if (N % 2 == 1 && K % 2 == 0) {
		if (K >= N - 1) {
			ans = N;
		}
		else {
			ans = K + 1;
		}
	}
	else if (N % 2 == 1 && K % 2 == 1) {
		if (K <= N - 2) {
			ans = K + 1;
		}
		else {
			ans = N;
		}
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
}