git/mergesort.c
René Scharfe 0db71e0fa9 add mergesort() for linked lists
This adds a generic bottom-up mergesort implementation for singly linked
lists.  It was inspired by Simon Tatham's webpage on the topic[1], but
not so much by his implementation -- for no good reason, really, just a
case of NIH.

[1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/algorithms/listsort.html

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-11 08:50:53 -07:00

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#include "cache.h"
#include "mergesort.h"
struct mergesort_sublist {
void *ptr;
unsigned long len;
};
static void *get_nth_next(void *list, unsigned long n,
void *(*get_next_fn)(const void *))
{
while (n-- && list)
list = get_next_fn(list);
return list;
}
static void *pop_item(struct mergesort_sublist *l,
void *(*get_next_fn)(const void *))
{
void *p = l->ptr;
l->ptr = get_next_fn(l->ptr);
l->len = l->ptr ? (l->len - 1) : 0;
return p;
}
void *mergesort(void *list,
void *(*get_next_fn)(const void *),
void (*set_next_fn)(void *, void *),
int (*compare_fn)(const void *, const void *))
{
unsigned long l;
if (!list)
return NULL;
for (l = 1; ; l *= 2) {
void *curr;
struct mergesort_sublist p, q;
p.ptr = list;
q.ptr = get_nth_next(p.ptr, l, get_next_fn);
if (!q.ptr)
break;
p.len = q.len = l;
if (compare_fn(p.ptr, q.ptr) > 0)
list = curr = pop_item(&q, get_next_fn);
else
list = curr = pop_item(&p, get_next_fn);
while (p.ptr) {
while (p.len || q.len) {
void *prev = curr;
if (!p.len)
curr = pop_item(&q, get_next_fn);
else if (!q.len)
curr = pop_item(&p, get_next_fn);
else if (compare_fn(p.ptr, q.ptr) > 0)
curr = pop_item(&q, get_next_fn);
else
curr = pop_item(&p, get_next_fn);
set_next_fn(prev, curr);
}
p.ptr = q.ptr;
p.len = l;
q.ptr = get_nth_next(p.ptr, l, get_next_fn);
q.len = q.ptr ? l : 0;
}
set_next_fn(curr, NULL);
}
return list;
}