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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c
index 712ed1f4eb64..0fb59e92ca2d 100644
--- a/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@
#include <linux/list_sort.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
-typedef int __attribute__((nonnull(2,3))) (*cmp_func)(void *,
- struct list_head const *, struct list_head const *);
-
/*
* Returns a list organized in an intermediate format suited
* to chaining of merge() calls: null-terminated, no reserved or
* sentinel head node, "prev" links not maintained.
*/
__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4)))
-static struct list_head *merge(void *priv, cmp_func cmp,
+static struct list_head *merge(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp,
struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
{
struct list_head *head, **tail = &head;
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ static struct list_head *merge(void *priv, cmp_func cmp,
* throughout.
*/
__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4,5)))
-static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
+static void merge_final(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp, struct list_head *head,
struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
{
struct list_head *tail = head;
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
* @head: the list to sort
* @cmp: the elements comparison function
*
- * The comparison funtion @cmp must return > 0 if @a should sort after
+ * The comparison function @cmp must return > 0 if @a should sort after
* @b ("@a > @b" if you want an ascending sort), and <= 0 if @a should
* sort before @b *or* their original order should be preserved. It is
* always called with the element that came first in the input in @a,
@@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
*
*
* The merging is controlled by "count", the number of elements in the
- * pending lists. This is beautiully simple code, but rather subtle.
+ * pending lists. This is beautifully simple code, but rather subtle.
*
* Each time we increment "count", we set one bit (bit k) and clear
* bits k-1 .. 0. Each time this happens (except the very first time
@@ -157,9 +154,11 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
*
* The number of pending lists of size 2^k is determined by the
* state of bit k of "count" plus two extra pieces of information:
+ *
* - The state of bit k-1 (when k == 0, consider bit -1 always set), and
* - Whether the higher-order bits are zero or non-zero (i.e.
* is count >= 2^(k+1)).
+ *
* There are six states we distinguish. "x" represents some arbitrary
* bits, and "y" represents some arbitrary non-zero bits:
* 0: 00x: 0 pending of size 2^k; x pending of sizes < 2^k
@@ -183,9 +182,7 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
* 2^(k+1) - 1 (second merge of case 5 when x == 2^(k-1) - 1).
*/
__attribute__((nonnull(2,3)))
-void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
- int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
- struct list_head *b))
+void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head, list_cmp_func_t cmp)
{
struct list_head *list = head->next, *pending = NULL;
size_t count = 0; /* Count of pending */
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
if (likely(bits)) {
struct list_head *a = *tail, *b = a->prev;
- a = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, b, a);
+ a = merge(priv, cmp, b, a);
/* Install the merged result in place of the inputs */
a->prev = b->prev;
*tail = a;
@@ -247,10 +244,10 @@ void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
if (!next)
break;
- list = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, pending, list);
+ list = merge(priv, cmp, pending, list);
pending = next;
}
/* The final merge, rebuilding prev links */
- merge_final(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, head, pending, list);
+ merge_final(priv, cmp, head, pending, list);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(list_sort);