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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * A fast, small, non-recursive O(n log n) sort for the Linux kernel
4  *
5  * This performs n*log2(n) + 0.37*n + o(n) comparisons on average,
6  * and 1.5*n*log2(n) + O(n) in the (very contrived) worst case.
7  *
8  * Glibc qsort() manages n*log2(n) - 1.26*n for random inputs (1.63*n
9  * better) at the expense of stack usage and much larger code to avoid
10  * quicksort's O(n^2) worst case.
11  */
12 
13 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
14 
15 #include <linux/types.h>
16 #include <linux/export.h>
17 #include <linux/sort.h>
18 
19 /**
20  * is_aligned - is this pointer & size okay for word-wide copying?
21  * @base: pointer to data
22  * @size: size of each element
23  * @align: required alignment (typically 4 or 8)
24  *
25  * Returns true if elements can be copied using word loads and stores.
26  * The size must be a multiple of the alignment, and the base address must
27  * be if we do not have CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS.
28  *
29  * For some reason, gcc doesn't know to optimize "if (a & mask || b & mask)"
30  * to "if ((a | b) & mask)", so we do that by hand.
31  */
32 __attribute_const__ __always_inline
33 static bool is_aligned(const void *base, size_t size, unsigned char align)
34 {
35 	unsigned char lsbits = (unsigned char)size;
36 
37 	(void)base;
38 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
39 	lsbits |= (unsigned char)(uintptr_t)base;
40 #endif
41 	return (lsbits & (align - 1)) == 0;
42 }
43 
44 /**
45  * swap_words_32 - swap two elements in 32-bit chunks
46  * @a: pointer to the first element to swap
47  * @b: pointer to the second element to swap
48  * @n: element size (must be a multiple of 4)
49  *
50  * Exchange the two objects in memory.  This exploits base+index addressing,
51  * which basically all CPUs have, to minimize loop overhead computations.
52  *
53  * For some reason, on x86 gcc 7.3.0 adds a redundant test of n at the
54  * bottom of the loop, even though the zero flag is still valid from the
55  * subtract (since the intervening mov instructions don't alter the flags).
56  * Gcc 8.1.0 doesn't have that problem.
57  */
58 static void swap_words_32(void *a, void *b, size_t n)
59 {
60 	do {
61 		u32 t = *(u32 *)(a + (n -= 4));
62 		*(u32 *)(a + n) = *(u32 *)(b + n);
63 		*(u32 *)(b + n) = t;
64 	} while (n);
65 }
66 
67 /**
68  * swap_words_64 - swap two elements in 64-bit chunks
69  * @a: pointer to the first element to swap
70  * @b: pointer to the second element to swap
71  * @n: element size (must be a multiple of 8)
72  *
73  * Exchange the two objects in memory.  This exploits base+index
74  * addressing, which basically all CPUs have, to minimize loop overhead
75  * computations.
76  *
77  * We'd like to use 64-bit loads if possible.  If they're not, emulating
78  * one requires base+index+4 addressing which x86 has but most other
79  * processors do not.  If CONFIG_64BIT, we definitely have 64-bit loads,
80  * but it's possible to have 64-bit loads without 64-bit pointers (e.g.
81  * x32 ABI).  Are there any cases the kernel needs to worry about?
82  */
83 static void swap_words_64(void *a, void *b, size_t n)
84 {
85 	do {
86 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
87 		u64 t = *(u64 *)(a + (n -= 8));
88 		*(u64 *)(a + n) = *(u64 *)(b + n);
89 		*(u64 *)(b + n) = t;
90 #else
91 		/* Use two 32-bit transfers to avoid base+index+4 addressing */
92 		u32 t = *(u32 *)(a + (n -= 4));
93 		*(u32 *)(a + n) = *(u32 *)(b + n);
94 		*(u32 *)(b + n) = t;
95 
96 		t = *(u32 *)(a + (n -= 4));
97 		*(u32 *)(a + n) = *(u32 *)(b + n);
98 		*(u32 *)(b + n) = t;
99 #endif
100 	} while (n);
101 }
102 
103 /**
104  * swap_bytes - swap two elements a byte at a time
105  * @a: pointer to the first element to swap
106  * @b: pointer to the second element to swap
107  * @n: element size
108  *
109  * This is the fallback if alignment doesn't allow using larger chunks.
110  */
111 static void swap_bytes(void *a, void *b, size_t n)
112 {
113 	do {
114 		char t = ((char *)a)[--n];
115 		((char *)a)[n] = ((char *)b)[n];
116 		((char *)b)[n] = t;
117 	} while (n);
118 }
119 
120 /*
121  * The values are arbitrary as long as they can't be confused with
122  * a pointer, but small integers make for the smallest compare
123  * instructions.
124  */
125 #define SWAP_WORDS_64 (swap_r_func_t)0
126 #define SWAP_WORDS_32 (swap_r_func_t)1
127 #define SWAP_BYTES    (swap_r_func_t)2
128 #define SWAP_WRAPPER  (swap_r_func_t)3
129 
130 struct wrapper {
131 	cmp_func_t cmp;
132 	swap_func_t swap;
133 };
134 
135 /*
136  * The function pointer is last to make tail calls most efficient if the
137  * compiler decides not to inline this function.
138  */
139 static void do_swap(void *a, void *b, size_t size, swap_r_func_t swap_func, const void *priv)
140 {
141 	if (swap_func == SWAP_WRAPPER) {
142 		((const struct wrapper *)priv)->swap(a, b, (int)size);
143 		return;
144 	}
145 
146 	if (swap_func == SWAP_WORDS_64)
147 		swap_words_64(a, b, size);
148 	else if (swap_func == SWAP_WORDS_32)
149 		swap_words_32(a, b, size);
150 	else if (swap_func == SWAP_BYTES)
151 		swap_bytes(a, b, size);
152 	else
153 		swap_func(a, b, (int)size, priv);
154 }
155 
156 #define _CMP_WRAPPER ((cmp_r_func_t)0L)
157 
158 static int do_cmp(const void *a, const void *b, cmp_r_func_t cmp, const void *priv)
159 {
160 	if (cmp == _CMP_WRAPPER)
161 		return ((const struct wrapper *)priv)->cmp(a, b);
162 	return cmp(a, b, priv);
163 }
164 
165 /**
166  * parent - given the offset of the child, find the offset of the parent.
167  * @i: the offset of the heap element whose parent is sought.  Non-zero.
168  * @lsbit: a precomputed 1-bit mask, equal to "size & -size"
169  * @size: size of each element
170  *
171  * In terms of array indexes, the parent of element j = @i/@size is simply
172  * (j-1)/2.  But when working in byte offsets, we can't use implicit
173  * truncation of integer divides.
174  *
175  * Fortunately, we only need one bit of the quotient, not the full divide.
176  * @size has a least significant bit.  That bit will be clear if @i is
177  * an even multiple of @size, and set if it's an odd multiple.
178  *
179  * Logically, we're doing "if (i & lsbit) i -= size;", but since the
180  * branch is unpredictable, it's done with a bit of clever branch-free
181  * code instead.
182  */
183 __attribute_const__ __always_inline
184 static size_t parent(size_t i, unsigned int lsbit, size_t size)
185 {
186 	i -= size;
187 	i -= size & -(i & lsbit);
188 	return i / 2;
189 }
190 
191 /**
192  * sort_r - sort an array of elements
193  * @base: pointer to data to sort
194  * @num: number of elements
195  * @size: size of each element
196  * @cmp_func: pointer to comparison function
197  * @swap_func: pointer to swap function or NULL
198  * @priv: third argument passed to comparison function
199  *
200  * This function does a heapsort on the given array.  You may provide
201  * a swap_func function if you need to do something more than a memory
202  * copy (e.g. fix up pointers or auxiliary data), but the built-in swap
203  * avoids a slow retpoline and so is significantly faster.
204  *
205  * Sorting time is O(n log n) both on average and worst-case. While
206  * quicksort is slightly faster on average, it suffers from exploitable
207  * O(n*n) worst-case behavior and extra memory requirements that make
208  * it less suitable for kernel use.
209  */
210 void sort_r(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
211 	    cmp_r_func_t cmp_func,
212 	    swap_r_func_t swap_func,
213 	    const void *priv)
214 {
215 	/* pre-scale counters for performance */
216 	size_t n = num * size, a = (num/2) * size;
217 	const unsigned int lsbit = size & -size;  /* Used to find parent */
218 	size_t shift = 0;
219 
220 	if (!a)		/* num < 2 || size == 0 */
221 		return;
222 
223 	/* called from 'sort' without swap function, let's pick the default */
224 	if (swap_func == SWAP_WRAPPER && !((struct wrapper *)priv)->swap)
225 		swap_func = NULL;
226 
227 	if (!swap_func) {
228 		if (is_aligned(base, size, 8))
229 			swap_func = SWAP_WORDS_64;
230 		else if (is_aligned(base, size, 4))
231 			swap_func = SWAP_WORDS_32;
232 		else
233 			swap_func = SWAP_BYTES;
234 	}
235 
236 	/*
237 	 * Loop invariants:
238 	 * 1. elements [a,n) satisfy the heap property (compare greater than
239 	 *    all of their children),
240 	 * 2. elements [n,num*size) are sorted, and
241 	 * 3. a <= b <= c <= d <= n (whenever they are valid).
242 	 */
243 	for (;;) {
244 		size_t b, c, d;
245 
246 		if (a)			/* Building heap: sift down a */
247 			a -= size << shift;
248 		else if (n > 3 * size) { /* Sorting: Extract two largest elements */
249 			n -= size;
250 			do_swap(base, base + n, size, swap_func, priv);
251 			shift = do_cmp(base + size, base + 2 * size, cmp_func, priv) <= 0;
252 			a = size << shift;
253 			n -= size;
254 			do_swap(base + a, base + n, size, swap_func, priv);
255 		} else if (n > size) {	/* Sorting: Extract root */
256 			n -= size;
257 			do_swap(base, base + n, size, swap_func, priv);
258 		} else	{		/* Sort complete */
259 			break;
260 		}
261 
262 		/*
263 		 * Sift element at "a" down into heap.  This is the
264 		 * "bottom-up" variant, which significantly reduces
265 		 * calls to cmp_func(): we find the sift-down path all
266 		 * the way to the leaves (one compare per level), then
267 		 * backtrack to find where to insert the target element.
268 		 *
269 		 * Because elements tend to sift down close to the leaves,
270 		 * this uses fewer compares than doing two per level
271 		 * on the way down.  (A bit more than half as many on
272 		 * average, 3/4 worst-case.)
273 		 */
274 		for (b = a; c = 2*b + size, (d = c + size) < n;)
275 			b = do_cmp(base + c, base + d, cmp_func, priv) > 0 ? c : d;
276 		if (d == n)	/* Special case last leaf with no sibling */
277 			b = c;
278 
279 		/* Now backtrack from "b" to the correct location for "a" */
280 		while (b != a && do_cmp(base + a, base + b, cmp_func, priv) >= 0)
281 			b = parent(b, lsbit, size);
282 		c = b;			/* Where "a" belongs */
283 		while (b != a) {	/* Shift it into place */
284 			b = parent(b, lsbit, size);
285 			do_swap(base + b, base + c, size, swap_func, priv);
286 		}
287 	}
288 }
289 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort_r);
290 
291 void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
292 	  cmp_func_t cmp_func,
293 	  swap_func_t swap_func)
294 {
295 	struct wrapper w = {
296 		.cmp  = cmp_func,
297 		.swap = swap_func,
298 	};
299 
300 	return sort_r(base, num, size, _CMP_WRAPPER, SWAP_WRAPPER, &w);
301 }
302 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort);
303