Expose C-API's for some of the keyvalue qsort

example.c

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+// declare function here, linker will find this when linked to
+// libx86simdsortcpp.so
+void keyvalue_qsort_float_sizet(float *, size_t *, size_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_float_uint32(float *, uint32_t *, uint32_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_sizet_sizet(size_t *, size_t *, size_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_sizet_uint32(size_t *, uint32_t *, uint32_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_uint32_sizet(uint32_t *, size_t *, size_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_uint32_uint32(uint32_t *, uint32_t *, uint32_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_int32_sizet(int32_t *, size_t *, size_t);
+void keyvalue_qsort_int32_uint32(int32_t *, uint32_t *, uint32_t);
+
+// struct definition, we will sort an array of these:
+struct Point {
+    int x;
+    int y;
+    float distance;
+    size_t metric;
+};
+
+#define SWAP(a, b, type) \
+    { \
+        type temp = a; \
+        a = b; \
+        b = temp; \
+    }
+
+// Function to sort an array of objects:
+void object_qsort(struct Point *arr, size_t size)
+{
+    /* (1) Create and initialize arrays of key and value  */
+    size_t *key = malloc(size * sizeof(size_t));
+    size_t *arg = malloc(size * sizeof(size_t));
+    bool *done = malloc(size * sizeof(bool));
+    for (size_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii) {
+        key[ii] = arr[ii].metric;
+        arg[ii] = ii;
+        done[ii] = false;
+    }
+
+    /* (2) IndexSort using the keyvalue_qsort */
+    keyvalue_qsort_sizet_sizet(key, arg, size);
+
+    /* (3) Permute obj array in-place */
+    for (size_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii) {
+        if (done[ii]) { continue; }
+        done[ii] = true;
+        size_t prev_j = ii;
+        size_t jj = arg[ii];
+        while (ii != jj) {
+            SWAP(arr[prev_j], arr[jj], struct Point);
+            done[jj] = true;
+            prev_j = jj;
+            jj = arg[jj];
+        }
+    }
+    free(key);
+    free(arg);
+    free(done);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    const size_t size = 10;
+    struct Point arr[size];
+
+    // Initialize:
+    for (size_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii) {
+        arr[ii].distance = (float)rand() / RAND_MAX;
+        arr[ii].metric = rand() % 100;
+    }
+
+    // sort:
+    object_qsort(arr, size);
+
+    // check if it is sorted:
+    printf("arr = ");
+    for (size_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii) {
+        printf("%ld, ", arr[ii].metric);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    return 0;
+}

lib/x86simdsort.cpp

@@ -265,3 +265,47 @@ DISPATCH_KEYVALUE_SORT_FORTYPE(int32_t)
 DISPATCH_KEYVALUE_SORT_FORTYPE(float)
 
 } // namespace x86simdsort
+//
+
+extern "C" {
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_float_uint32(float *key, uint32_t *val, uint32_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_float_sizet(float *key, size_t *val, size_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_sizet_uint32(size_t *key, uint32_t *val, uint32_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_sizet_sizet(size_t *key, size_t *val, size_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_int32_uint32(int32_t *key, uint32_t *val, uint32_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_int32_sizet(int32_t *key, size_t *val, size_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_uint32_uint32(uint32_t *key, uint32_t *val, uint32_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void keyvalue_qsort_uint32_sizet(uint32_t *key, size_t *val, size_t size)
+{
+    x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort(key, val, size, true);
+}
+}