/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
/*
 * Copyright 2023 Red Hat
 */

#ifndef UDS_RADIX_SORT_H
#define UDS_RADIX_SORT_H

/*
 * Radix sort is implemented using an American Flag sort, an unstable, in-place 8-bit radix
 * exchange sort. This is adapted from the algorithm in the paper by Peter M. McIlroy, Keith
 * Bostic, and M. Douglas McIlroy, "Engineering Radix Sort".
 *
 * http://www.usenix.org/publications/compsystems/1993/win_mcilroy.pdf
 */

struct radix_sorter;

int __must_check uds_make_radix_sorter(unsigned int count, struct radix_sorter **sorter);

void uds_free_radix_sorter(struct radix_sorter *sorter);

int __must_check uds_radix_sort(struct radix_sorter *sorter, const unsigned char *keys[],
				unsigned int count, unsigned short length);

#endif /* UDS_RADIX_SORT_H */