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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
commit | 2c3c1048746a4622d8c89a29670120dc8fab93c4 (patch) | |
tree | 848558de17fb3008cdf4d861b01ac7781903ce39 /lib/bsearch.c | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bf86aa66f --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/bsearch.c @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +/* + * A generic implementation of binary search for the Linux kernel + * + * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Ksplice, Inc. + * Author: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> + */ + +#include <linux/export.h> +#include <linux/bsearch.h> +#include <linux/kprobes.h> + +/* + * bsearch - binary search an array of elements + * @key: pointer to item being searched for + * @base: pointer to first element to search + * @num: number of elements + * @size: size of each element + * @cmp: pointer to comparison function + * + * This function does a binary search on the given array. The + * contents of the array should already be in ascending sorted order + * under the provided comparison function. + * + * Note that the key need not have the same type as the elements in + * the array, e.g. key could be a string and the comparison function + * could compare the string with the struct's name field. However, if + * the key and elements in the array are of the same type, you can use + * the same comparison function for both sort() and bsearch(). + */ +void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size, cmp_func_t cmp) +{ + return __inline_bsearch(key, base, num, size, cmp); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bsearch); +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(bsearch); |