stdlib/msort.c

   1 /* An alternative to qsort, with an identical interface.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3    Copyright (C) 1992, 1995-1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4    Written by Mike Haertel, September 1988.
   5
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   9    License, or (at your option) any later version.
  10
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  13    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  14    Library General Public License for more details.
  15
  16    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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  18    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  19    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  20
  21 #include <alloca.h>
  22 #include <stdlib.h>
  23 #include <string.h>
  24 #include <unistd.h>
  25 #include <memcopy.h>
  26 #include <errno.h>
  27
  28 static void msort_with_tmp (void *b, size_t n, size_t s,
  29                             __compar_fn_t cmp, char *t);
  30
  31 static void
  32 msort_with_tmp (void *b, size_t n, size_t s, __compar_fn_t cmp,
  33                 char *t)
  34 {
  35   char *tmp;
  36   char *b1, *b2;
  37   size_t n1, n2;
  38
  39   if (n <= 1)
  40     return;
  41
  42   n1 = n / 2;
  43   n2 = n - n1;
  44   b1 = b;
  45   b2 = (char *) b + (n1 * s);
  46
  47   msort_with_tmp (b1, n1, s, cmp, t);
  48   msort_with_tmp (b2, n2, s, cmp, t);
  49
  50   tmp = t;
  51
  52   if (s == OPSIZ && (b1 - (char *) 0) % OPSIZ == 0)
  53     /* We are operating on aligned words.  Use direct word stores.  */
  54     while (n1 > 0 && n2 > 0)
  55       {
  56         if ((*cmp) (b1, b2) <= 0)
  57           {
  58             --n1;
  59             *((op_t *) tmp)++ = *((op_t *) b1)++;
  60           }
  61         else
  62           {
  63             --n2;
  64             *((op_t *) tmp)++ = *((op_t *) b2)++;
  65           }
  66       }
  67   else
  68     while (n1 > 0 && n2 > 0)
  69       {
  70         if ((*cmp) (b1, b2) <= 0)
  71           {
  72             tmp = (char *) __mempcpy (tmp, b1, s);
  73             b1 += s;
  74             --n1;
  75           }
  76         else
  77           {
  78             tmp = (char *) __mempcpy (tmp, b2, s);
  79             b2 += s;
  80             --n2;
  81           }
  82       }
  83   if (n1 > 0)
  84     memcpy (tmp, b1, n1 * s);
  85   memcpy (b, t, (n - n2) * s);
  86 }
  87
  88 void
  89 qsort (void *b, size_t n, size_t s, __compar_fn_t cmp)
  90 {
  91   const size_t size = n * s;
  92
  93   if (size < 1024)
  94     /* The temporary array is small, so put it on the stack.  */
  95     msort_with_tmp (b, n, s, cmp, __alloca (size));
  96   else
  97     {
  98       /* We should avoid allocating too much memory since this might
  99          have to be backed up by swap space.  */
 100       static long int phys_pages;
 101       static int pagesize;
 102
 103       if (phys_pages == 0)
 104         {
 105           phys_pages = __sysconf (_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
 106
 107           if (phys_pages == -1)
 108             /* Error while determining the memory size.  So let's
 109                assume there is enough memory.  Otherwise the
 110                implementer should provide a complete implementation of
 111                the `sysconf' function.  */
 112             phys_pages = (long int) (~0ul >> 1);
 113
 114           /* The following determines that we will never use more than
 115              a quarter of the physical memory.  */
 116           phys_pages /= 4;
 117
 118           pagesize = __sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
 119         }
 120
 121       /* Just a comment here.  We cannot compute
 122            phys_pages * pagesize
 123            and compare the needed amount of memory against this value.
 124            The problem is that some systems might have more physical
 125            memory then can be represented with a `size_t' value (when
 126            measured in bytes.  */
 127
 128       /* If the memory requirements are too high don't allocate memory.  */
 129       if (size / pagesize > phys_pages)
 130         _quicksort (b, n, s, cmp);
 131       else
 132         {
 133           /* It's somewhat large, so malloc it.  */
 134           int save = errno;
 135           char *tmp = malloc (size);
 136           if (tmp == NULL)
 137             {
 138               /* Couldn't get space, so use the slower algorithm
 139                  that doesn't need a temporary array.  */
 140               __set_errno (save);
 141               _quicksort (b, n, s, cmp);
 142             }
 143           else
 144             {
 145               __set_errno (save);
 146               msort_with_tmp (b, n, s, cmp, tmp);
 147               free (tmp);
 148             }
 149         }
 150     }
 151 }