config/advice.txt: fix description list separator
[git.git] / compat / qsort_s.c
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1 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
3 /*
4 * A merge sort implementation, simplified from the qsort implementation
5 * by Mike Haertel, which is a part of the GNU C Library.
6 * Added context pointer, safety checks and return value.
7 */
9 static void msort_with_tmp(void *b, size_t n, size_t s,
10 int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *, void *),
11 char *t, void *ctx)
13 char *tmp;
14 char *b1, *b2;
15 size_t n1, n2;
17 if (n <= 1)
18 return;
20 n1 = n / 2;
21 n2 = n - n1;
22 b1 = b;
23 b2 = (char *)b + (n1 * s);
25 msort_with_tmp(b1, n1, s, cmp, t, ctx);
26 msort_with_tmp(b2, n2, s, cmp, t, ctx);
28 tmp = t;
30 while (n1 > 0 && n2 > 0) {
31 if (cmp(b1, b2, ctx) <= 0) {
32 memcpy(tmp, b1, s);
33 tmp += s;
34 b1 += s;
35 --n1;
36 } else {
37 memcpy(tmp, b2, s);
38 tmp += s;
39 b2 += s;
40 --n2;
43 if (n1 > 0)
44 memcpy(tmp, b1, n1 * s);
45 memcpy(b, t, (n - n2) * s);
48 int git_qsort_s(void *b, size_t n, size_t s,
49 int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *ctx)
51 const size_t size = st_mult(n, s);
52 char buf[1024];
54 if (!n)
55 return 0;
56 if (!b || !cmp)
57 return -1;
59 if (size < sizeof(buf)) {
60 /* The temporary array fits on the small on-stack buffer. */
61 msort_with_tmp(b, n, s, cmp, buf, ctx);
62 } else {
63 /* It's somewhat large, so malloc it. */
64 char *tmp = xmalloc(size);
65 msort_with_tmp(b, n, s, cmp, tmp, ctx);
66 free(tmp);
68 return 0;