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2 * Copyright (c) 2005 Sergey Bondari
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29 /** @addtogroup libc
30 * @{
33 /**
34 * @file
35 * @brief Gnome Sort.
37 * This file contains an implementation of gnome sort
41 #include <gsort.h>
42 #include <inttypes.h>
43 #include <mem.h>
44 #include <stdlib.h>
46 /** Immediate buffer size.
48 * For small buffer sizes avoid doing malloc()
49 * and use the stack.
52 #define IBUF_SIZE 32
54 /** Array accessor.
57 #define INDEX(buf, i, elem_size) ((buf) + (i) * (elem_size))
59 /** Gnome sort
61 * Apply generic gnome sort algorithm on supplied data,
62 * using pre-allocated buffer.
64 * @param data Pointer to data to be sorted.
65 * @param cnt Number of elements to be sorted.
66 * @param elem_size Size of one element.
67 * @param cmp Comparator function.
68 * @param arg 3rd argument passed to cmp.
69 * @param slot Pointer to scratch memory buffer
70 * elem_size bytes long.
73 static void _gsort(void *data, size_t cnt, size_t elem_size, sort_cmp_t cmp,
74 void *arg, void *slot)
76 size_t i = 0;
78 while (i < cnt) {
79 if ((i != 0) &&
80 (cmp(INDEX(data, i, elem_size),
81 INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size), arg) < 0)) {
82 memcpy(slot, INDEX(data, i, elem_size), elem_size);
83 memcpy(INDEX(data, i, elem_size), INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size),
84 elem_size);
85 memcpy(INDEX(data, i - 1, elem_size), slot, elem_size);
86 i--;
87 } else
88 i++;
92 /** Gnome sort wrapper
94 * This is only a wrapper that takes care of memory
95 * allocations for storing the slot element for generic
96 * gnome sort algorithm.
98 * @param data Pointer to data to be sorted.
99 * @param cnt Number of elements to be sorted.
100 * @param elem_size Size of one element.
101 * @param cmp Comparator function.
102 * @param arg 3rd argument passed to cmp.
104 * @return True if sorting succeeded.
107 bool gsort(void *data, size_t cnt, size_t elem_size, sort_cmp_t cmp, void *arg)
109 uint8_t ibuf_slot[IBUF_SIZE];
110 void *slot;
112 if (elem_size > IBUF_SIZE) {
113 slot = (void *) malloc(elem_size);
114 if (!slot)
115 return false;
116 } else
117 slot = (void *) ibuf_slot;
119 _gsort(data, cnt, elem_size, cmp, arg, slot);
121 if (elem_size > IBUF_SIZE)
122 free(slot);
124 return true;
127 /** @}