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-#include "cache.h"
-#include "mergesort.h"
-
-/* Combine two sorted lists. Take from `list` on equality. */
-static void *llist_merge(void *list, void *other,
- void *(*get_next_fn)(const void *),
- void (*set_next_fn)(void *, void *),
- int (*compare_fn)(const void *, const void *))
-{
- void *result = list, *tail;
- int prefer_list = compare_fn(list, other) <= 0;
-
- if (!prefer_list) {
- result = other;
- SWAP(list, other);
- }
- for (;;) {
- do {
- tail = list;
- list = get_next_fn(list);
- if (!list) {
- set_next_fn(tail, other);
- return result;
- }
- } while (compare_fn(list, other) < prefer_list);
- set_next_fn(tail, other);
- prefer_list ^= 1;
- SWAP(list, other);
- }
-}
-
-/*
- * Perform an iterative mergesort using an array of sublists.
- *
- * n is the number of items.
- * ranks[i] is undefined if n & 2^i == 0, and assumed empty.
- * ranks[i] contains a sublist of length 2^i otherwise.
- *
- * The number of bits in a void pointer limits the number of objects
- * that can be created, and thus the number of array elements necessary
- * to be able to sort any valid list.
- *
- * Adding an item to this array is like incrementing a binary number;
- * positional values for set bits correspond to sublist lengths.
- */
-void *llist_mergesort(void *list,
- void *(*get_next_fn)(const void *),
- void (*set_next_fn)(void *, void *),
- int (*compare_fn)(const void *, const void *))
-{
- void *ranks[bitsizeof(void *)];
- size_t n = 0;
-
- if (!list)
- return NULL;
-
- for (;;) {
- int i;
- size_t m;
- void *next = get_next_fn(list);
- if (next)
- set_next_fn(list, NULL);
- for (i = 0, m = n;; i++, m >>= 1) {
- if (m & 1)
- list = llist_merge(ranks[i], list, get_next_fn,
- set_next_fn, compare_fn);
- else if (next)
- break;
- else if (!m)
- return list;
- }
- n++;
- ranks[i] = list;
- list = next;
- }
-}