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22 /*	Copyright (c) 1988 AT&T	*/
23 /*	  All Rights Reserved  	*/
24 
25 
26 /*
27  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
28  * Use is subject to license terms.
29  */
30 
31 #pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
32 
33 /*
34  * Binary search algorithm, generalized from Knuth (6.2.1) Algorithm B.
35  */
36 
37 #if !defined(_BOOT) && !defined(_KMDB)
38 #include "synonyms.h"
39 #endif /* !_BOOT && !_KMDB */
40 #include <stddef.h>
41 #include <stdlib.h>
42 #include <sys/types.h>
43 
44 void *
45 bsearch(const void *ky,		/* Key to be located */
46 	const void *bs,		/* Beginning of table */
47 	size_t nel,		/* Number of elements in the table */
48 	size_t width,		/* Width of an element (bytes) */
49 	int (*compar)(const void *, const void *)) /* Comparison function */
50 {
51 	char *base;
52 	ssize_t two_width;
53 	char *last;		/* Last element in table */
54 
55 	if (nel == 0)
56 		return (NULL);
57 
58 	base = (char *)bs;
59 	two_width = width + width;
60 	last = base + width * (nel - 1);
61 
62 	while (last >= base) {
63 
64 		char *p = base + width * ((last - base)/two_width);
65 		int res = (*compar)(ky, (void *)p);
66 
67 		if (res == 0)
68 			return (p);	/* Key found */
69 		if (res < 0)
70 			last = p - width;
71 		else
72 			base = p + width;
73 	}
74 	return (NULL);		/* Key not found */
75 }
76