lib: Introduce generic list_sort function

[net-next-2.6.git] / lib / list_sort.c

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/list_sort.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/list.h>

/**
 * list_sort - sort a list.
 * @priv: private data, passed to @cmp
 * @head: the list to sort
 * @cmp: the elements comparison function
 *
 * This function has been implemented by Mark J Roberts <mjr@znex.org>. It
 * implements "merge sort" which has O(nlog(n)) complexity. The list is sorted
 * in ascending order.
 *
 * The comparison function @cmp is supposed to return a negative value if @a is
 * less than @b, and a positive value if @a is greater than @b. If @a and @b
 * are equivalent, then it does not matter what this function returns.
 */
void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
	       int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
			  struct list_head *b))
{
	struct list_head *p, *q, *e, *list, *tail, *oldhead;
	int insize, nmerges, psize, qsize, i;

	if (list_empty(head))
		return;

	list = head->next;
	list_del(head);
	insize = 1;
	for (;;) {
		p = oldhead = list;
		list = tail = NULL;
		nmerges = 0;

		while (p) {
			nmerges++;
			q = p;
			psize = 0;
			for (i = 0; i < insize; i++) {
				psize++;
				q = q->next == oldhead ? NULL : q->next;
				if (!q)
					break;
			}

			qsize = insize;
			while (psize > 0 || (qsize > 0 && q)) {
				if (!psize) {
					e = q;
					q = q->next;
					qsize--;
					if (q == oldhead)
						q = NULL;
				} else if (!qsize || !q) {
					e = p;
					p = p->next;
					psize--;
					if (p == oldhead)
						p = NULL;
				} else if (cmp(priv, p, q) <= 0) {
					e = p;
					p = p->next;
					psize--;
					if (p == oldhead)
						p = NULL;
				} else {
					e = q;
					q = q->next;
					qsize--;
					if (q == oldhead)
						q = NULL;
				}
				if (tail)
					tail->next = e;
				else
					list = e;
				e->prev = tail;
				tail = e;
			}
			p = q;
		}

		tail->next = list;
		list->prev = tail;

		if (nmerges <= 1)
			break;

		insize *= 2;
	}

	head->next = list;
	head->prev = list->prev;
	list->prev->next = head;
	list->prev = head;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(list_sort);