Linux内核中的bsearch二分查找函数

/*
* bsearch - binary search an array of elements
* @key: pointer to item being searched for
* @base: pointer to first element to search
* @num: number of elements
* @size: size of each element
* @cmp: pointer to comparison function
*
* This function does a binary search on the given array.  The
* contents of the array should already be in ascending sorted order
* under the provided comparison function.
*
* Note that the key need not have the same type as the elements in
* the array, e.g. key could be a string and the comparison function
* could compare the string with the struct's name field.  However, if
* the key and elements in the array are of the same type, you can use
* the same comparison function for both sort() and bsearch().
*/
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;
	int result;
	while (start < end) {
		size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
		result = cmp(key, base + mid * size);
		if (result < 0)
			end = mid;
		else if (result > 0)
			start = mid + 1;
		else
			return (void *)base + mid * size;
	}
	return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bsearch);