#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
int n,m,t=1;
//cin>>t;
while(t--)
{
cin>>n>>m;
if(m<=(n+2-1)/2)
cout<<m*2-1;
else
{
m-=(n+2-1)/2;
cout<<m*2;
}
}
return 0;
}
I2luY2x1ZGU8Yml0cy9zdGRjKysuaD4KdXNpbmcgbmFtZXNwYWNlIHN0ZDsKaW50IG1haW4oKQp7CiAgICBjaW4udGllKDApO2NvdXQudGllKDApO2lvczo6c3luY193aXRoX3N0ZGlvKGZhbHNlKTsKICAgIGludCBuLG0sdD0xOwogICAgLy9jaW4+PnQ7CiAgICB3aGlsZSh0LS0pCiAgICB7CiAgICAgICAgY2luPj5uPj5tOwogICAgICAgIGlmKG08PShuKzItMSkvMikKICAgICAgICAgICAgY291dDw8bSoyLTE7CiAgICAgICAgZWxzZQogICAgICAgIHsKICAgICAgICAgICAgbS09KG4rMi0xKS8yOwogICAgICAgICAgICBjb3V0PDxtKjI7CiAgICAgICAgfQogICAgfQoKCiAgICByZXR1cm4gMDsKfQo=