linux/lib/list_sort.c
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   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/*
  11 * Returns a list organized in an intermediate format suited
  12 * to chaining of merge() calls: null-terminated, no reserved or
  13 * sentinel head node, "prev" links not maintained.
  14 */
  15__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4)))
  16static struct list_head *merge(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp,
  17                                struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
  18{
  19        struct list_head *head, **tail = &head;
  20
  21        for (;;) {
  22                /* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
  23                if (cmp(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
  24                        *tail = a;
  25                        tail = &a->next;
  26                        a = a->next;
  27                        if (!a) {
  28                                *tail = b;
  29                                break;
  30                        }
  31                } else {
  32                        *tail = b;
  33                        tail = &b->next;
  34                        b = b->next;
  35                        if (!b) {
  36                                *tail = a;
  37                                break;
  38                        }
  39                }
  40        }
  41        return head;
  42}
  43
  44/*
  45 * Combine final list merge with restoration of standard doubly-linked
  46 * list structure.  This approach duplicates code from merge(), but
  47 * runs faster than the tidier alternatives of either a separate final
  48 * prev-link restoration pass, or maintaining the prev links
  49 * throughout.
  50 */
  51__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4,5)))
  52static void merge_final(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp, struct list_head *head,
  53                        struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
  54{
  55        struct list_head *tail = head;
  56        u8 count = 0;
  57
  58        for (;;) {
  59                /* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
  60                if (cmp(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
  61                        tail->next = a;
  62                        a->prev = tail;
  63                        tail = a;
  64                        a = a->next;
  65                        if (!a)
  66                                break;
  67                } else {
  68                        tail->next = b;
  69                        b->prev = tail;
  70                        tail = b;
  71                        b = b->next;
  72                        if (!b) {
  73                                b = a;
  74                                break;
  75                        }
  76                }
  77        }
  78
  79        /* Finish linking remainder of list b on to tail */
  80        tail->next = b;
  81        do {
  82                /*
  83                 * If the merge is highly unbalanced (e.g. the input is
  84                 * already sorted), this loop may run many iterations.
  85                 * Continue callbacks to the client even though no
  86                 * element comparison is needed, so the client's cmp()
  87                 * routine can invoke cond_resched() periodically.
  88                 */
  89                if (unlikely(!++count))
  90                        cmp(priv, b, b);
  91                b->prev = tail;
  92                tail = b;
  93                b = b->next;
  94        } while (b);
  95
  96        /* And the final links to make a circular doubly-linked list */
  97        tail->next = head;
  98        head->prev = tail;
  99}
 100
 101/**
 102 * list_sort - sort a list
 103 * @priv: private data, opaque to list_sort(), passed to @cmp
 104 * @head: the list to sort
 105 * @cmp: the elements comparison function
 106 *
 107 * The comparison function @cmp must return > 0 if @a should sort after
 108 * @b ("@a > @b" if you want an ascending sort), and <= 0 if @a should
 109 * sort before @b *or* their original order should be preserved.  It is
 110 * always called with the element that came first in the input in @a,
 111 * and list_sort is a stable sort, so it is not necessary to distinguish
 112 * the @a < @b and @a == @b cases.
 113 *
 114 * This is compatible with two styles of @cmp function:
 115 * - The traditional style which returns <0 / =0 / >0, or
 116 * - Returning a boolean 0/1.
 117 * The latter offers a chance to save a few cycles in the comparison
 118 * (which is used by e.g. plug_ctx_cmp() in block/blk-mq.c).
 119 *
 120 * A good way to write a multi-word comparison is::
 121 *
 122 *      if (a->high != b->high)
 123 *              return a->high > b->high;
 124 *      if (a->middle != b->middle)
 125 *              return a->middle > b->middle;
 126 *      return a->low > b->low;
 127 *
 128 *
 129 * This mergesort is as eager as possible while always performing at least
 130 * 2:1 balanced merges.  Given two pending sublists of size 2^k, they are
 131 * merged to a size-2^(k+1) list as soon as we have 2^k following elements.
 132 *
 133 * Thus, it will avoid cache thrashing as long as 3*2^k elements can
 134 * fit into the cache.  Not quite as good as a fully-eager bottom-up
 135 * mergesort, but it does use 0.2*n fewer comparisons, so is faster in
 136 * the common case that everything fits into L1.
 137 *
 138 *
 139 * The merging is controlled by "count", the number of elements in the
 140 * pending lists.  This is beautifully simple code, but rather subtle.
 141 *
 142 * Each time we increment "count", we set one bit (bit k) and clear
 143 * bits k-1 .. 0.  Each time this happens (except the very first time
 144 * for each bit, when count increments to 2^k), we merge two lists of
 145 * size 2^k into one list of size 2^(k+1).
 146 *
 147 * This merge happens exactly when the count reaches an odd multiple of
 148 * 2^k, which is when we have 2^k elements pending in smaller lists,
 149 * so it's safe to merge away two lists of size 2^k.
 150 *
 151 * After this happens twice, we have created two lists of size 2^(k+1),
 152 * which will be merged into a list of size 2^(k+2) before we create
 153 * a third list of size 2^(k+1), so there are never more than two pending.
 154 *
 155 * The number of pending lists of size 2^k is determined by the
 156 * state of bit k of "count" plus two extra pieces of information:
 157 *
 158 * - The state of bit k-1 (when k == 0, consider bit -1 always set), and
 159 * - Whether the higher-order bits are zero or non-zero (i.e.
 160 *   is count >= 2^(k+1)).
 161 *
 162 * There are six states we distinguish.  "x" represents some arbitrary
 163 * bits, and "y" represents some arbitrary non-zero bits:
 164 * 0:  00x: 0 pending of size 2^k;           x pending of sizes < 2^k
 165 * 1:  01x: 0 pending of size 2^k; 2^(k-1) + x pending of sizes < 2^k
 166 * 2: x10x: 0 pending of size 2^k; 2^k     + x pending of sizes < 2^k
 167 * 3: x11x: 1 pending of size 2^k; 2^(k-1) + x pending of sizes < 2^k
 168 * 4: y00x: 1 pending of size 2^k; 2^k     + x pending of sizes < 2^k
 169 * 5: y01x: 2 pending of size 2^k; 2^(k-1) + x pending of sizes < 2^k
 170 * (merge and loop back to state 2)
 171 *
 172 * We gain lists of size 2^k in the 2->3 and 4->5 transitions (because
 173 * bit k-1 is set while the more significant bits are non-zero) and
 174 * merge them away in the 5->2 transition.  Note in particular that just
 175 * before the 5->2 transition, all lower-order bits are 11 (state 3),
 176 * so there is one list of each smaller size.
 177 *
 178 * When we reach the end of the input, we merge all the pending
 179 * lists, from smallest to largest.  If you work through cases 2 to
 180 * 5 above, you can see that the number of elements we merge with a list
 181 * of size 2^k varies from 2^(k-1) (cases 3 and 5 when x == 0) to
 182 * 2^(k+1) - 1 (second merge of case 5 when x == 2^(k-1) - 1).
 183 */
 184__attribute__((nonnull(2,3)))
 185void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head, list_cmp_func_t cmp)
 186{
 187        struct list_head *list = head->next, *pending = NULL;
 188        size_t count = 0;       /* Count of pending */
 189
 190        if (list == head->prev) /* Zero or one elements */
 191                return;
 192
 193        /* Convert to a null-terminated singly-linked list. */
 194        head->prev->next = NULL;
 195
 196        /*
 197         * Data structure invariants:
 198         * - All lists are singly linked and null-terminated; prev
 199         *   pointers are not maintained.
 200         * - pending is a prev-linked "list of lists" of sorted
 201         *   sublists awaiting further merging.
 202         * - Each of the sorted sublists is power-of-two in size.
 203         * - Sublists are sorted by size and age, smallest & newest at front.
 204         * - There are zero to two sublists of each size.
 205         * - A pair of pending sublists are merged as soon as the number
 206         *   of following pending elements equals their size (i.e.
 207         *   each time count reaches an odd multiple of that size).
 208         *   That ensures each later final merge will be at worst 2:1.
 209         * - Each round consists of:
 210         *   - Merging the two sublists selected by the highest bit
 211         *     which flips when count is incremented, and
 212         *   - Adding an element from the input as a size-1 sublist.
 213         */
 214        do {
 215                size_t bits;
 216                struct list_head **tail = &pending;
 217
 218                /* Find the least-significant clear bit in count */
 219                for (bits = count; bits & 1; bits >>= 1)
 220                        tail = &(*tail)->prev;
 221                /* Do the indicated merge */
 222                if (likely(bits)) {
 223                        struct list_head *a = *tail, *b = a->prev;
 224
 225                        a = merge(priv, cmp, b, a);
 226                        /* Install the merged result in place of the inputs */
 227                        a->prev = b->prev;
 228                        *tail = a;
 229                }
 230
 231                /* Move one element from input list to pending */
 232                list->prev = pending;
 233                pending = list;
 234                list = list->next;
 235                pending->next = NULL;
 236                count++;
 237        } while (list);
 238
 239        /* End of input; merge together all the pending lists. */
 240        list = pending;
 241        pending = pending->prev;
 242        for (;;) {
 243                struct list_head *next = pending->prev;
 244
 245                if (!next)
 246                        break;
 247                list = merge(priv, cmp, pending, list);
 248                pending = next;
 249        }
 250        /* The final merge, rebuilding prev links */
 251        merge_final(priv, cmp, head, pending, list);
 252}
 253EXPORT_SYMBOL(list_sort);
 254