From ace9429bb58fd418f0c81d4c2835699bddf6bde6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:27:49 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 6.6.15. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- lib/bsearch.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/bsearch.c (limited to 'lib/bsearch.c') diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bf86aa66f2 --- /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 + */ + +#include +#include +#include + +/* + * 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); -- cgit v1.2.3