Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] stdlib: Move insertion sort out qsort

[Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 2:09 PM Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
<libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> ---
>  stdlib/qsort.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/stdlib/qsort.c b/stdlib/qsort.c
> index 8a3331fdb4..00637208ab 100644
> --- a/stdlib/qsort.c
> +++ b/stdlib/qsort.c
> @@ -153,6 +153,58 @@ typedef struct
>        smaller partition.  This *guarantees* no more than log (total_elems)
>        stack size is needed (actually O(1) in this case)!  */
>
> +static inline void
> +insertion_sort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,

Maybe a less generic name would be better. Something like:
"insertion_sort_qsort_partions" to indicate this is not just standard
insertion sort but a helper for qsort. Just thinking about a reader
grepping around in a year or so.
> +                swap_func_t swap_func,
> +               __compar_d_fn_t cmp, void *arg)
> +{
> +  char *base_ptr = (char *) pbase;
> +  char *const end_ptr = &base_ptr[size * (total_elems - 1)];
> +  char *tmp_ptr = base_ptr;
> +#define min(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
> +  const size_t max_thresh = MAX_THRESH * size;
> +  char *thresh = min(end_ptr, base_ptr + max_thresh);
> +  char *run_ptr;
> +
> +  /* Find smallest element in first threshold and place it at the
> +     array's beginning.  This is the smallest array element,
> +     and the operation speeds up insertion sort's inner loop. */
> +
> +  for (run_ptr = tmp_ptr + size; run_ptr <= thresh; run_ptr += size)
> +    if (cmp (run_ptr, tmp_ptr, arg) < 0)
> +      tmp_ptr = run_ptr;
> +
> +  if (tmp_ptr != base_ptr)
> +    do_swap (tmp_ptr, base_ptr, size, swap_func);
> +
> +  /* Insertion sort, running from left-hand-side up to right-hand-side.  */
> +
> +  run_ptr = base_ptr + size;
> +  while ((run_ptr += size) <= end_ptr)
> +    {
> +      tmp_ptr = run_ptr - size;
> +      while (cmp (run_ptr, tmp_ptr, arg) < 0)
> +        tmp_ptr -= size;
> +
> +      tmp_ptr += size;
> +      if (tmp_ptr != run_ptr)
> +        {
> +          char *trav;
> +
> +          trav = run_ptr + size;
> +          while (--trav >= run_ptr)
> +            {
> +              char c = *trav;
> +              char *hi, *lo;
> +
> +              for (hi = lo = trav; (lo -= size) >= tmp_ptr; hi = lo)
> +                *hi = *lo;
> +              *hi = c;
> +            }
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  void
>  _quicksort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,
>             __compar_d_fn_t cmp, void *arg)
> @@ -275,51 +327,5 @@ _quicksort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,
>       for partitions below MAX_THRESH size. BASE_PTR points to the beginning
>       of the array to sort, and END_PTR points at the very last element in
>       the array (*not* one beyond it!). */
> -
> -#define min(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
> -
> -  {
> -    char *const end_ptr = &base_ptr[size * (total_elems - 1)];
> -    char *tmp_ptr = base_ptr;
> -    char *thresh = min(end_ptr, base_ptr + max_thresh);
> -    char *run_ptr;
> -
> -    /* Find smallest element in first threshold and place it at the
> -       array's beginning.  This is the smallest array element,
> -       and the operation speeds up insertion sort's inner loop. */
> -
> -    for (run_ptr = tmp_ptr + size; run_ptr <= thresh; run_ptr += size)
> -      if ((*cmp) ((void *) run_ptr, (void *) tmp_ptr, arg) < 0)
> -        tmp_ptr = run_ptr;
> -
> -    if (tmp_ptr != base_ptr)
> -      do_swap (tmp_ptr, base_ptr, size, swap_func);
> -
> -    /* Insertion sort, running from left-hand-side up to right-hand-side.  */
> -
> -    run_ptr = base_ptr + size;
> -    while ((run_ptr += size) <= end_ptr)
> -      {
> -       tmp_ptr = run_ptr - size;
> -       while ((*cmp) ((void *) run_ptr, (void *) tmp_ptr, arg) < 0)
> -         tmp_ptr -= size;
> -
> -       tmp_ptr += size;
> -        if (tmp_ptr != run_ptr)
> -          {
> -            char *trav;
> -
> -           trav = run_ptr + size;
> -           while (--trav >= run_ptr)
> -              {
> -                char c = *trav;
> -                char *hi, *lo;
> -
> -                for (hi = lo = trav; (lo -= size) >= tmp_ptr; hi = lo)
> -                  *hi = *lo;
> -                *hi = c;
> -              }
> -          }
> -      }
> -  }
> +  insertion_sort (pbase, total_elems, size, swap_func, cmp, arg);
>  }
> --
> 2.34.1
>