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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/list_sort.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/list_sort.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c index 362c10f1653f..4b5cb794c38b 100644 --- a/lib/list_sort.c +++ b/lib/list_sort.c @@ -81,17 +81,18 @@ static void merge_and_restore_back_links(void *priv, } /** - * list_sort - sort a list. - * @priv: private data, passed to @cmp + * list_sort - sort a list + * @priv: private data, opaque to list_sort(), passed to @cmp * @head: the list to sort * @cmp: the elements comparison function * - * This function implements "merge sort" which has O(nlog(n)) complexity. - * The list is sorted in ascending order. + * This function implements "merge sort", which has O(nlog(n)) + * complexity. * - * The comparison function @cmp is supposed to return a negative value if @a is - * less than @b, and a positive value if @a is greater than @b. If @a and @b - * are equivalent, then it does not matter what this function returns. + * 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. */ void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head, int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a, |