root/usr/src/common/util/bsearch.c
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/*
 * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

/*      Copyright (c) 1988 AT&T */
/*        All Rights Reserved   */

/*
 * Binary search algorithm, generalized from Knuth (6.2.1) Algorithm B.
 */

#if !defined(_BOOT) && !defined(_KMDB)
#include "lint.h"
#endif /* !_BOOT && !_KMDB */
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

void *
bsearch(const void *ky,         /* Key to be located */
        const void *bs,         /* Beginning of table */
        size_t nel,             /* Number of elements in the table */
        size_t width,           /* Width of an element (bytes) */
        int (*compar)(const void *, const void *)) /* Comparison function */
{
        char *base;
        size_t two_width;
        char *last;             /* Last element in table */

        if (nel == 0)
                return (NULL);

        base = (char *)bs;
        two_width = width + width;
        last = base + width * (nel - 1);

        while (last >= base) {

                char *p = base + width * ((last - base)/two_width);
                int res = (*compar)(ky, (void *)p);

                if (res == 0)
                        return (p);     /* Key found */
                if (res < 0)
                        last = p - width;
                else
                        base = p + width;
        }
        return (NULL);          /* Key not found */
}