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21 /*	Copyright (c) 1988 AT&T	*/
22 /*	  All Rights Reserved  	*/
23 
24 
25 /*
26  * Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
27  * Use is subject to license terms.
28  */
29 
30 #pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
31 
32 /*
33  * Binary search algorithm, generalized from Knuth (6.2.1) Algorithm B.
34  */
35 
36 #if !defined(_BOOT) && !defined(_KMDB)
37 #include "synonyms.h"
38 #endif /* !_BOOT && !_KMDB */
39 #include <stddef.h>
40 #include <stdlib.h>
41 #include <sys/types.h>
42 
43 void *
44 bsearch(const void *ky,		/* Key to be located */
45 	const void *bs,		/* Beginning of table */
46 	size_t nel,		/* Number of elements in the table */
47 	size_t width,		/* Width of an element (bytes) */
48 	int (*compar)(const void *, const void *)) /* Comparison function */
49 {
50 	char *base;
51 	size_t two_width;
52 	char *last;		/* Last element in table */
53 
54 	if (nel == 0)
55 		return (NULL);
56 
57 	base = (char *)bs;
58 	two_width = width + width;
59 	last = base + width * (nel - 1);
60 
61 	while (last >= base) {
62 
63 		char *p = base + width * ((last - base)/two_width);
64 		int res = (*compar)(ky, (void *)p);
65 
66 		if (res == 0)
67 			return (p);	/* Key found */
68 		if (res < 0)
69 			last = p - width;
70 		else
71 			base = p + width;
72 	}
73 	return (NULL);		/* Key not found */
74 }
75