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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/qsort.c b/stdlib/qsort.c
index 512277ad5f..1ac268bec9 100644
--- a/stdlib/qsort.c
+++ b/stdlib/qsort.c
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ _quicksort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,
{
register char *base_ptr = (char *) pbase;
- /* Allocating SIZE bytes for a pivot buffer facilitates a better
- algorithm below since we can do comparisons directly on the pivot. */
- char *pivot_buffer = (char *) __alloca (size);
const size_t max_thresh = MAX_THRESH * size;
if (total_elems == 0)
@@ -113,8 +110,6 @@ _quicksort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,
char *left_ptr;
char *right_ptr;
- char *pivot = pivot_buffer;
-
/* Select median value from among LO, MID, and HI. Rearrange
LO and HI so the three values are sorted. This lowers the
probability of picking a pathological pivot value and
@@ -132,8 +127,6 @@ _quicksort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size,
if ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) lo) < 0)
SWAP (mid, lo, size);
jump_over:;
- memcpy (pivot, mid, size);
- pivot = pivot_buffer;
left_ptr = lo + size;
right_ptr = hi - size;
@@ -143,15 +136,19 @@ _quicksort (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 *) pivot) < 0)
+ while ((*cmp) ((void *) left_ptr, (void *) mid) < 0)
left_ptr += size;
- while ((*cmp) ((void *) pivot, (void *) right_ptr) < 0)
+ while ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) right_ptr) < 0)
right_ptr -= size;
if (left_ptr < right_ptr)
{
SWAP (left_ptr, right_ptr, size);
+ if (mid == left_ptr)
+ mid = right_ptr;
+ else if (mid == right_ptr)
+ mid = left_ptr;
left_ptr += size;
right_ptr -= size;
}