Pass the comparison function to cmp_items() via the context parameter of qsort_s() instead of using a global variable. That allows calling string_list_sort() from multiple parallel threads. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- string-list.c | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c index 8c83cac18..45016ad86 100644 --- a/string-list.c +++ b/string-list.c @@ -211,21 +211,18 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_append(struct string_list *list, list->strdup_strings ? xstrdup(string) : (char *)string); } -/* Yuck */ -static compare_strings_fn compare_for_qsort; - -/* Only call this from inside string_list_sort! */ -static int cmp_items(const void *a, const void *b) +static int cmp_items(const void *a, const void *b, void *ctx) { + compare_strings_fn cmp = ctx; const struct string_list_item *one = a; const struct string_list_item *two = b; - return compare_for_qsort(one->string, two->string); + return cmp(one->string, two->string); } void string_list_sort(struct string_list *list) { - compare_for_qsort = list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp; - QSORT(list->items, list->nr, cmp_items); + QSORT_S(list->items, list->nr, cmp_items, + list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp); } struct string_list_item *unsorted_string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list, -- 2.11.0