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1 /*
2  * A fast, small, non-recursive O(nlog n) sort for the Linux kernel
3  *
4  * Jan 23 2005  Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
5  */
6 
7 #include <linux/kernel.h>
8 #include <linux/module.h>
9 #include <linux/sort.h>
10 
11 static void u32_swap(void *a, void *b, int size)
12 {
13 	u32 t = *(u32 *)a;
14 	*(u32 *)a = *(u32 *)b;
15 	*(u32 *)b = t;
16 }
17 
18 static void generic_swap(void *a, void *b, int size)
19 {
20 	char t;
21 
22 	do {
23 		t = *(char *)a;
24 		*(char *)a++ = *(char *)b;
25 		*(char *)b++ = t;
26 	} while (--size > 0);
27 }
28 
29 /*
30  * sort - sort an array of elements
31  * @base: pointer to data to sort
32  * @num: number of elements
33  * @size: size of each element
34  * @cmp: pointer to comparison function
35  * @swap: pointer to swap function or NULL
36  *
37  * This function does a heapsort on the given array. You may provide a
38  * swap function optimized to your element type.
39  *
40  * Sorting time is O(n log n) both on average and worst-case. While
41  * qsort is about 20% faster on average, it suffers from exploitable
42  * O(n*n) worst-case behavior and extra memory requirements that make
43  * it less suitable for kernel use.
44  */
45 
46 void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
47 	  int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *),
48 	  void (*swap)(void *, void *, int size))
49 {
50 	/* pre-scale counters for performance */
51 	int i = (num/2) * size, n = num * size, c, r;
52 
53 	if (!swap)
54 		swap = (size == 4 ? u32_swap : generic_swap);
55 
56 	/* heapify */
57 	for ( ; i >= 0; i -= size) {
58 		for (r = i; r * 2 < n; r  = c) {
59 			c = r * 2;
60 			if (c < n - size && cmp(base + c, base + c + size) < 0)
61 				c += size;
62 			if (cmp(base + r, base + c) >= 0)
63 				break;
64 			swap(base + r, base + c, size);
65 		}
66 	}
67 
68 	/* sort */
69 	for (i = n - size; i >= 0; i -= size) {
70 		swap(base, base + i, size);
71 		for (r = 0; r * 2 < i; r = c) {
72 			c = r * 2;
73 			if (c < i - size && cmp(base + c, base + c + size) < 0)
74 				c += size;
75 			if (cmp(base + r, base + c) >= 0)
76 				break;
77 			swap(base + r, base + c, size);
78 		}
79 	}
80 }
81 
82 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort);
83 
84 #if 0
85 /* a simple boot-time regression test */
86 
87 int cmpint(const void *a, const void *b)
88 {
89 	return *(int *)a - *(int *)b;
90 }
91 
92 static int sort_test(void)
93 {
94 	int *a, i, r = 1;
95 
96 	a = kmalloc(1000 * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
97 	BUG_ON(!a);
98 
99 	printk("testing sort()\n");
100 
101 	for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
102 		r = (r * 725861) % 6599;
103 		a[i] = r;
104 	}
105 
106 	sort(a, 1000, sizeof(int), cmpint, NULL);
107 
108 	for (i = 0; i < 999; i++)
109 		if (a[i] > a[i+1]) {
110 			printk("sort() failed!\n");
111 			break;
112 		}
113 
114 	kfree(a);
115 
116 	return 0;
117 }
118 
119 module_init(sort_test);
120 #endif
121