xref: /openbmc/linux/lib/list_sort.c (revision f9a82c48)
1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 #include <linux/kernel.h>
3 #include <linux/bug.h>
4 #include <linux/compiler.h>
5 #include <linux/export.h>
6 #include <linux/string.h>
7 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
8 #include <linux/list.h>
9 
10 #define MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS 20
11 
12 /*
13  * Returns a list organized in an intermediate format suited
14  * to chaining of merge() calls: null-terminated, no reserved or
15  * sentinel head node, "prev" links not maintained.
16  */
17 static struct list_head *merge(void *priv,
18 				int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
19 					struct list_head *b),
20 				struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
21 {
22 	struct list_head head, *tail = &head;
23 
24 	while (a && b) {
25 		/* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
26 		if ((*cmp)(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
27 			tail->next = a;
28 			a = a->next;
29 		} else {
30 			tail->next = b;
31 			b = b->next;
32 		}
33 		tail = tail->next;
34 	}
35 	tail->next = a?:b;
36 	return head.next;
37 }
38 
39 /*
40  * Combine final list merge with restoration of standard doubly-linked
41  * list structure.  This approach duplicates code from merge(), but
42  * runs faster than the tidier alternatives of either a separate final
43  * prev-link restoration pass, or maintaining the prev links
44  * throughout.
45  */
46 static void merge_and_restore_back_links(void *priv,
47 				int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
48 					struct list_head *b),
49 				struct list_head *head,
50 				struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
51 {
52 	struct list_head *tail = head;
53 	u8 count = 0;
54 
55 	while (a && b) {
56 		/* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
57 		if ((*cmp)(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
58 			tail->next = a;
59 			a->prev = tail;
60 			a = a->next;
61 		} else {
62 			tail->next = b;
63 			b->prev = tail;
64 			b = b->next;
65 		}
66 		tail = tail->next;
67 	}
68 	tail->next = a ? : b;
69 
70 	do {
71 		/*
72 		 * In worst cases this loop may run many iterations.
73 		 * Continue callbacks to the client even though no
74 		 * element comparison is needed, so the client's cmp()
75 		 * routine can invoke cond_resched() periodically.
76 		 */
77 		if (unlikely(!(++count)))
78 			(*cmp)(priv, tail->next, tail->next);
79 
80 		tail->next->prev = tail;
81 		tail = tail->next;
82 	} while (tail->next);
83 
84 	tail->next = head;
85 	head->prev = tail;
86 }
87 
88 /**
89  * list_sort - sort a list
90  * @priv: private data, opaque to list_sort(), passed to @cmp
91  * @head: the list to sort
92  * @cmp: the elements comparison function
93  *
94  * This function implements "merge sort", which has O(nlog(n))
95  * complexity.
96  *
97  * The comparison function @cmp must return a negative value if @a
98  * should sort before @b, and a positive value if @a should sort after
99  * @b. If @a and @b are equivalent, and their original relative
100  * ordering is to be preserved, @cmp must return 0.
101  */
102 void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
103 		int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
104 			struct list_head *b))
105 {
106 	struct list_head *part[MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS+1]; /* sorted partial lists
107 						-- last slot is a sentinel */
108 	int lev;  /* index into part[] */
109 	int max_lev = 0;
110 	struct list_head *list;
111 
112 	if (list_empty(head))
113 		return;
114 
115 	memset(part, 0, sizeof(part));
116 
117 	head->prev->next = NULL;
118 	list = head->next;
119 
120 	while (list) {
121 		struct list_head *cur = list;
122 		list = list->next;
123 		cur->next = NULL;
124 
125 		for (lev = 0; part[lev]; lev++) {
126 			cur = merge(priv, cmp, part[lev], cur);
127 			part[lev] = NULL;
128 		}
129 		if (lev > max_lev) {
130 			if (unlikely(lev >= ARRAY_SIZE(part)-1)) {
131 				printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "list too long for efficiency\n");
132 				lev--;
133 			}
134 			max_lev = lev;
135 		}
136 		part[lev] = cur;
137 	}
138 
139 	for (lev = 0; lev < max_lev; lev++)
140 		if (part[lev])
141 			list = merge(priv, cmp, part[lev], list);
142 
143 	merge_and_restore_back_links(priv, cmp, head, part[max_lev], list);
144 }
145 EXPORT_SYMBOL(list_sort);
146