lib/list_sort: simplify and remove MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS
authorGeorge Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org>
Tue, 14 May 2019 22:42:58 +0000 (15:42 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 15 May 2019 02:52:49 +0000 (19:52 -0700)
Rather than a fixed-size array of pending sorted runs, use the ->prev
links to keep track of things.  This reduces stack usage, eliminates
some ugly overflow handling, and reduces the code size.

Also:
* merge() no longer needs to handle NULL inputs, so simplify.
* The same applies to merge_and_restore_back_links(), which is renamed
  to the less ponderous merge_final().  (It's a static helper function,
  so we don't need a super-descriptive name; comments will do.)
* Document the actual return value requirements on the (*cmp)()
  function; some callers are already using this feature.

x86-64 code size 1086 -> 739 bytes (-347)

(Yes, I see checkpatch complaining about no space after comma in
"__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4,5)))".  Checkpatch is wrong.)

Feedback from Rasmus Villemoes, Andy Shevchenko and Geert Uytterhoeven.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove __pure usage due to mysterious warning]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f63c410e0ff76009c9b58e01027e751ff7fdb749.1552704200.git.lkml@sdf.org
Signed-off-by: George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org>
Acked-by: Andrey Abramov <st5pub@yandex.ru>
Acked-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@siemens.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Cc: Don Mullis <don.mullis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/list_sort.h
lib/list_sort.c

index ba79956e848d5d86ea9194f64c59bf0c60c4b65a..20f178c24e9d13db3ddb4d628f1085831410b30b 100644 (file)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 struct list_head;
 
+__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));
index 85759928215b41f7be4ae56089eaaa7007f79659..ba9431bcac0bc4fff991ba506b42ccdb9c217f01 100644 (file)
@@ -7,33 +7,41 @@
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
-#define MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS 20
+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.
  */
-static struct list_head *merge(void *priv,
-                               int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
-                                       struct list_head *b),
+__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4)))
+static struct list_head *merge(void *priv, cmp_func cmp,
                                struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 {
-       struct list_head head, *tail = &head;
+       struct list_head *head, **tail = &head;
 
-       while (a && b) {
+       for (;;) {
                /* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
-               if ((*cmp)(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
-                       tail->next = a;
+               if (cmp(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
+                       *tail = a;
+                       tail = &a->next;
                        a = a->next;
+                       if (!a) {
+                               *tail = b;
+                               break;
+                       }
                } else {
-                       tail->next = b;
+                       *tail = b;
+                       tail = &b->next;
                        b = b->next;
+                       if (!b) {
+                               *tail = a;
+                               break;
+                       }
                }
-               tail = tail->next;
        }
-       tail->next = a?:b;
-       return head.next;
+       return head;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -43,44 +51,52 @@ static struct list_head *merge(void *priv,
  * prev-link restoration pass, or maintaining the prev links
  * throughout.
  */
-static void merge_and_restore_back_links(void *priv,
-                               int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
-                                       struct list_head *b),
-                               struct list_head *head,
-                               struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4,5)))
+static void merge_final(void *priv, cmp_func cmp, struct list_head *head,
+                       struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 {
        struct list_head *tail = head;
        u8 count = 0;
 
-       while (a && b) {
+       for (;;) {
                /* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
-               if ((*cmp)(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
+               if (cmp(priv, a, b) <= 0) {
                        tail->next = a;
                        a->prev = tail;
+                       tail = a;
                        a = a->next;
+                       if (!a)
+                               break;
                } else {
                        tail->next = b;
                        b->prev = tail;
+                       tail = b;
                        b = b->next;
+                       if (!b) {
+                               b = a;
+                               break;
+                       }
                }
-               tail = tail->next;
        }
-       tail->next = a ? : b;
 
+       /* Finish linking remainder of list b on to tail */
+       tail->next = b;
        do {
                /*
-                * In worst cases this loop may run many iterations.
+                * If the merge is highly unbalanced (e.g. the input is
+                * already sorted), this loop may run many iterations.
                 * Continue callbacks to the client even though no
                 * element comparison is needed, so the client's cmp()
                 * routine can invoke cond_resched() periodically.
                 */
-               if (unlikely(!(++count)))
-                       (*cmp)(priv, tail->next, tail->next);
-
-               tail->next->prev = tail;
-               tail = tail->next;
-       } while (tail->next);
-
+               if (unlikely(!++count))
+                       cmp(priv, b, b);
+               b->prev = tail;
+               tail = b;
+               b = b->next;
+       } while (b);
+
+       /* And the final links to make a circular doubly-linked list */
        tail->next = head;
        head->prev = tail;
 }
@@ -91,55 +107,80 @@ static void merge_and_restore_back_links(void *priv,
  * @head: the list to sort
  * @cmp: the elements comparison function
  *
- * This function implements "merge sort", which has O(nlog(n))
- * complexity.
+ * This function implements a bottom-up merge sort, which has O(nlog(n))
+ * complexity.  We use depth-first order to take advantage of cacheing.
+ * (E.g. when we get to the fourth element, we immediately merge the
+ * first two 2-element lists.)
+ *
+ * The comparison funtion @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,
+ * and list_sort is a stable sort, so it is not necessary to distinguish
+ * the @a < @b and @a == @b cases.
  *
- * The comparison function @cmp must return a negative value if @a
- * should sort before @b, and a positive value if @a should sort after
- * @b. If @a and @b are equivalent, and their original relative
- * ordering is to be preserved, @cmp must return 0.
+ * This is compatible with two styles of @cmp function:
+ * - The traditional style which returns <0 / =0 / >0, or
+ * - Returning a boolean 0/1.
+ * The latter offers a chance to save a few cycles in the comparison
+ * (which is used by e.g. plug_ctx_cmp() in block/blk-mq.c).
+ *
+ * A good way to write a multi-word comparison is
+ *     if (a->high != b->high)
+ *             return a->high > b->high;
+ *     if (a->middle != b->middle)
+ *             return a->middle > b->middle;
+ *     return a->low > b->low;
  */
+__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))
 {
-       struct list_head *part[MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS+1]; /* sorted partial lists
-                                               -- last slot is a sentinel */
-       int lev;  /* index into part[] */
-       int max_lev = 0;
-       struct list_head *list;
+       struct list_head *list = head->next, *pending = NULL;
+       size_t count = 0;       /* Count of pending */
 
-       if (list_empty(head))
+       if (list == head->prev) /* Zero or one elements */
                return;
 
-       memset(part, 0, sizeof(part));
-
+       /* Convert to a null-terminated singly-linked list. */
        head->prev->next = NULL;
-       list = head->next;
 
-       while (list) {
+       /*
+        * Data structure invariants:
+        * - All lists are singly linked and null-terminated; prev
+        *   pointers are not maintained.
+        * - pending is a prev-linked "list of lists" of sorted
+        *   sublists awaiting further merging.
+        * - Each of the sorted sublists is power-of-two in size,
+        *   corresponding to bits set in "count".
+        * - Sublists are sorted by size and age, smallest & newest at front.
+        */
+       do {
+               size_t bits;
                struct list_head *cur = list;
+
+               /* Extract the head of "list" as a single-element list "cur" */
                list = list->next;
                cur->next = NULL;
 
-               for (lev = 0; part[lev]; lev++) {
-                       cur = merge(priv, cmp, part[lev], cur);
-                       part[lev] = NULL;
+               /* Do merges corresponding to set lsbits in count */
+               for (bits = count; bits & 1; bits >>= 1) {
+                       cur = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, pending, cur);
+                       pending = pending->prev;  /* Untouched by merge() */
                }
-               if (lev > max_lev) {
-                       if (unlikely(lev >= ARRAY_SIZE(part)-1)) {
-                               printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "list too long for efficiency\n");
-                               lev--;
-                       }
-                       max_lev = lev;
-               }
-               part[lev] = cur;
+               /* And place the result at the head of "pending" */
+               cur->prev = pending;
+               pending = cur;
+               count++;
+       } while (list->next);
+
+       /* Now merge together last element with all pending lists */
+       while (pending->prev) {
+               list = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, pending, list);
+               pending = pending->prev;
        }
-
-       for (lev = 0; lev < max_lev; lev++)
-               if (part[lev])
-                       list = merge(priv, cmp, part[lev], list);
-
-       merge_and_restore_back_links(priv, cmp, head, part[max_lev], list);
+       /* The final merge, rebuilding prev links */
+       merge_final(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, head, pending, list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(list_sort);