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-rw-r--r--lib/bsearch.c22
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c
index e33c179089db..18b445b010c3 100644
--- a/lib/bsearch.c
+++ b/lib/bsearch.c
@@ -33,19 +33,21 @@
void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
int (*cmp)(const void *key, const void *elt))
{
- size_t start = 0, end = num;
+ const char *pivot;
int result;
- while (start < end) {
- size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
+ while (num > 0) {
+ pivot = base + (num >> 1) * size;
+ result = cmp(key, pivot);
- result = cmp(key, base + mid * size);
- if (result < 0)
- end = mid;
- else if (result > 0)
- start = mid + 1;
- else
- return (void *)base + mid * size;
+ if (result == 0)
+ return (void *)pivot;
+
+ if (result > 0) {
+ base = pivot + size;
+ num--;
+ }
+ num >>= 1;
}
return NULL;