source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/generic/gsort.c@ a35b458

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Sergey Bondari
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/** @addtogroup libc
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @file
 * @brief Sorting functions.
 *
 * This files contains functions implementing several sorting
 * algorithms (e.g. quick sort and gnome sort).
 *
 */

#include <gsort.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <mem.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/** Immediate buffer size.
 *
 * For small buffer sizes avoid doing malloc()
 * and use the stack.
 *
 */
#define IBUF_SIZE  32

/** Array accessor.
 *
 */
#define INDEX(buf, i, elem_size)  ((buf) + (i) * (elem_size))

/** Gnome sort
 *
 * Apply generic gnome sort algorithm on supplied data,
 * using pre-allocated buffer.
 *
 * @param data      Pointer to data to be sorted.
 * @param cnt       Number of elements to be sorted.
 * @param elem_size Size of one element.
 * @param cmp       Comparator function.
 * @param arg       3rd argument passed to cmp.
 * @param slot      Pointer to scratch memory buffer
 *                  elem_size bytes long.
 *
 */
static void _gsort(void *data, size_t cnt, size_t elem_size, sort_cmp_t cmp,
    void *arg, void *slot)
{
        size_t i = 0;

        while (i < cnt) {
                if ((i != 0) &&
                    (cmp(INDEX(data, i, elem_size),
                    INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size), arg) == -1)) {
                        memcpy(slot, INDEX(data, i, elem_size), elem_size);
                        memcpy(INDEX(data, i, elem_size), INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size),
                            elem_size);
                        memcpy(INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size), slot, elem_size);
                        i--;
                } else
                        i++;
        }
}

/** Gnome sort wrapper
 *
 * This is only a wrapper that takes care of memory
 * allocations for storing the slot element for generic
 * gnome sort algorithm.
 *
 * @param data      Pointer to data to be sorted.
 * @param cnt       Number of elements to be sorted.
 * @param elem_size Size of one element.
 * @param cmp       Comparator function.
 * @param arg       3rd argument passed to cmp.
 *
 * @return True if sorting succeeded.
 *
 */
bool gsort(void *data, size_t cnt, size_t elem_size, sort_cmp_t cmp, void *arg)
{
        uint8_t ibuf_slot[IBUF_SIZE];
        void *slot;

        if (elem_size > IBUF_SIZE) {
                slot = (void *) malloc(elem_size);
                if (!slot)
                        return false;
        } else
                slot = (void *) ibuf_slot;

        _gsort(data, cnt, elem_size, cmp, arg, slot);

        if (elem_size > IBUF_SIZE)
                free(slot);

        return true;
}

/** @}
 */