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+/*
+ * A fast, small, non-recursive O(nlog n) sort for the Linux kernel
+ *
+ * Jan 23 2005  Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+void u32_swap(void *a, void *b, int size)
+{
+	u32 t = *(u32 *)a;
+	*(u32 *)a = *(u32 *)b;
+	*(u32 *)b = t;
+}
+
+void generic_swap(void *a, void *b, int size)
+{
+	char t;
+
+	do {
+		t = *(char *)a;
+		*(char *)a++ = *(char *)b;
+		*(char *)b++ = t;
+	} while (--size > 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * sort - sort an array of elements
+ * @base: pointer to data to sort
+ * @num: number of elements
+ * @size: size of each element
+ * @cmp: pointer to comparison function
+ * @swap: pointer to swap function or NULL
+ *
+ * This function does a heapsort on the given array. You may provide a
+ * swap function optimized to your element type.
+ *
+ * Sorting time is O(n log n) both on average and worst-case. While
+ * qsort is about 20% faster on average, it suffers from exploitable
+ * O(n*n) worst-case behavior and extra memory requirements that make
+ * it less suitable for kernel use.
+ */
+
+void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	  int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *),
+	  void (*swap)(void *, void *, int size))
+{
+	/* pre-scale counters for performance */
+	int i = (num/2) * size, n = num * size, c, r;
+
+	if (!swap)
+		swap = (size == 4 ? u32_swap : generic_swap);
+
+	/* heapify */
+	for ( ; i >= 0; i -= size) {
+		for (r = i; r * 2 < n; r  = c) {
+			c = r * 2;
+			if (c < n - size && cmp(base + c, base + c + size) < 0)
+				c += size;
+			if (cmp(base + r, base + c) >= 0)
+				break;
+			swap(base + r, base + c, size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* sort */
+	for (i = n - size; i >= 0; i -= size) {
+		swap(base, base + i, size);
+		for (r = 0; r * 2 < i; r = c) {
+			c = r * 2;
+			if (c < i - size && cmp(base + c, base + c + size) < 0)
+				c += size;
+			if (cmp(base + r, base + c) >= 0)
+				break;
+			swap(base + r, base + c, size);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort);
+
+#if 0
+/* a simple boot-time regression test */
+
+int cmpint(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	return *(int *)a - *(int *)b;
+}
+
+static int sort_test(void)
+{
+	int *a, i, r = 0;
+
+	a = kmalloc(1000 * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(!a);
+
+	printk("testing sort()\n");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+		r = (r * 725861) % 6599;
+		a[i] = r;
+	}
+
+	sort(a, 1000, sizeof(int), cmpint, NULL);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 999; i++)
+		if (a[i] > a[i+1]) {
+			printk("sort() failed!\n");
+			break;
+		}
+
+	kfree(a);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(sort_test);
+#endif