libbacktrace/sort.c

   1 /* sort.c -- Sort without allocating memory
   2    Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    Written by Ian Lance Taylor, Google.
   4
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  25 INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
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  31 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.  */
  32
  33 #include "config.h"
  34
  35 #include <stddef.h>
  36 #include <sys/types.h>
  37
  38 #include "backtrace.h"
  39 #include "internal.h"
  40
  41 /* The GNU glibc version of qsort allocates memory, which we must not
  42    do if we are invoked by a signal handler.  So provide our own
  43    sort.  */
  44
  45 static void
  46 swap (char *a, char *b, size_t size)
  47 {
  48   size_t i;
  49
  50   for (i = 0; i < size; i++, a++, b++)
  51     {
  52       char t;
  53
  54       t = *a;
  55       *a = *b;
  56       *b = t;
  57     }
  58 }
  59
  60 void
  61 backtrace_qsort (void *basearg, size_t count, size_t size,
  62                  int (*compar) (const void *, const void *))
  63 {
  64   char *base = (char *) basearg;
  65   size_t i;
  66   size_t mid;
  67
  68  tail_recurse:
  69   if (count < 2)
  70     return;
  71
  72   /* The symbol table and DWARF tables, which is all we use this
  73      routine for, tend to be roughly sorted.  Pick the middle element
  74      in the array as our pivot point, so that we are more likely to
  75      cut the array in half for each recursion step.  */
  76   swap (base, base + (count / 2) * size, size);
  77
  78   mid = 0;
  79   for (i = 1; i < count; i++)
  80     {
  81       if ((*compar) (base, base + i * size) > 0)
  82         {
  83           ++mid;
  84           if (i != mid)
  85             swap (base + mid * size, base + i * size, size);
  86         }
  87     }
  88
  89   if (mid > 0)
  90     swap (base, base + mid * size, size);
  91
  92   /* Recurse with the smaller array, loop with the larger one.  That
  93      ensures that our maximum stack depth is log count.  */
  94   if (2 * mid < count)
  95     {
  96       backtrace_qsort (base, mid, size, compar);
  97       base += (mid + 1) * size;
  98       count -= mid + 1;
  99       goto tail_recurse;
 100     }
 101   else
 102     {
 103       backtrace_qsort (base + (mid + 1) * size, count - (mid + 1),
 104                        size, compar);
 105       count = mid;
 106       goto tail_recurse;
 107     }
 108 }