commit f8cfb6836e8d91bb789b2e7fd65338d6f5bd459c Author: Florian Weimer Date: Wed Nov 8 15:18:02 2023 +0100 stdlib: Avoid element self-comparisons in qsort This improves compatibility with applications which assume that qsort does not invoke the comparison function with equal pointer arguments. The newly introduced branches should be predictable, as leading to a call to the comparison function. If the prediction fails, we avoid calling the function. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella diff --git a/stdlib/qsort.c b/stdlib/qsort.c index cb1619aa0ae7de72..2ee39e2c492f792e 100644 --- a/stdlib/qsort.c +++ b/stdlib/qsort.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ siftdown (void *base, size_t size, size_t k, size_t n, if (j < n && cmp (base + (j * size), base + ((j + 1) * size), arg) < 0) j++; - if (cmp (base + (k * size), base + (j * size), arg) >= 0) + if (j == k || cmp (base + (k * size), base + (j * size), arg) >= 0) break; do_swap (base + (size * j), base + (k * size), size, swap_type); @@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ __qsort_r (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size, that this algorithm runs much faster than others. */ do { - while ((*cmp) ((void *) left_ptr, (void *) mid, arg) < 0) + while (left_ptr != mid + && (*cmp) ((void *) left_ptr, (void *) mid, arg) < 0) left_ptr += size; - while ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) right_ptr, arg) < 0) + while (right_ptr != mid + && (*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) right_ptr, arg) < 0) right_ptr -= size; if (left_ptr < right_ptr)