sort_r_nonatomic(9)

💅 sort_r_nonatomic(9) — Kernel API Manual 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the sort_r_nonatomic(9) page, like the actual kernel API manual, and no I will not be normal about it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

sort_r_nonatomic — sort an array of elements, with cond_resched

like literally the whole vibe is "sorting but polite about it" 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sort_r_nonatomic (void *base , size_t num , size_t size ,
cmp_r_func_t cmp_func , swap_r_func_t swap_func , const void *priv );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• base — pointer to data to sort. yes queen, this is your array, hand it over 🫶
• num — number of elements. how many lil guys are we sorting, be honest 💅
• size — size of each element. every element's own personal size, respect it
• cmp_func — pointer to comparison function. the icon that decides who goes first 👑
• swap_func — pointer to swap function or NULL. if you don't bring your own swap it's fine, NULL is valid, no pressure 😌
• priv — third argument passed to comparison function. a lil extra something that gets carried along to cmp_func, iykyk 🎁

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Same as sort_r, but preferred for larger arrays as it does a periodic cond_resched. fr fr, on big boi arrays this one is the main character — it takes little breathers along the way so the rest of the kernel can breathe too 🧚💜

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

Kernel file ./lib/sort.c is_aligned(9), swap_words_32(9), swap_words_64(9), swap_bytes(9), parent(9), sort_r(9) — go read the whole friend group, they're all iconic ⭐

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and that's the page bestie!! this whole thing lives in ./lib, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled sort_r_nonatomic(9). slay, go sort something 💖🎀🦋