RBTREE(3)               NetBSD Library Functions Manual              RBTREE(3)

NAME
     rbtree -- red-black tree

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/rbtree.h>

     void
     rb_tree_init(rb_tree_t *, const rb_tree_ops_t *);

     void *
     rb_tree_insert_node(rb_tree_t *, void *);

     void
     rb_tree_remove_node(rb_tree_t *, void *);

     void *
     rb_tree_find_node(rb_tree_t *, const void *);

     void *
     rb_tree_find_node_geq(rb_tree_t *, const void *);

     void *
     rb_tree_find_node_leq(rb_tree_t *, const void *);

     void *
     rb_tree_iterate(rb_tree_t *, void *, const unsigned int);

DESCRIPTION
     rbtree provides red-black trees.  A red-black tree is a binary search
     tree with the node color as an extra attribute.  It fulfills a set of
     conditions:

           1.   Every search path from the root to a leaf consists of the same
                number of black nodes.

           2.   Each red node (except for the root) has a black parent.

           3.   Each leaf node is black.

     Every operation on a red-black tree is bounded as O(lg n).  The maximum
     height of a red-black tree is 2lg (n+1).

TYPES
     rb_tree_t
              A red-black tree.

     typedef signed int (* rbto_compare_nodes_fn)(void *, const void *, const
              void *);
              The node-comparison operator.  Defines an ordering on nodes.
              Returns a negative value if the first node precedes the second
              node.  Returns a positive value if the first node follows the
              second node.  Returns 0 if the first node and the second are
              identical according to the ordering.

     typedef signed int (* rbto_compare_key_fn)(void *, const void *, const
              void *);
              The node-key comparison operator.  Defines the order of nodes
              and keys.  Returns a negative value if the node precedes the
              key.  Returns a positive value if the node follows the key.
              Returns 0 if the node is identical to the key according to the
              ordering.

     rb_tree_ops_t
              Defines the operator for comparing two nodes in the same tree,
              the operator for comparing a node in the tree with a key, the
              offset of member rb_node_t within a node, and the opaque context
              passed to the operators.  Members of rb_tree_ops_t are

                      rbto_compare_nodes_fn rbto_compare_nodes;
                      rbto_compare_key_fn rbto_compare_key;
                      size_t rbto_node_offset;
                      void *rbto_context;

     rb_node_t
              A node in a red-black tree has this structure as a member.

FUNCTIONS
     rb_tree_init(rbt, ops)
              Initialize the red-black tree rbt.  Let the comparison operators
              given by ops define the order of nodes in the tree for the pur-
              poses of insertion, search, and iteration.  rb_tree_init()
              always succeeds.

     rb_tree_insert_node(rbt, rb)
              Insert the node rb into the tree rbt.  Return inserted node on
              success, already existing node on failure.

     rb_tree_remove_node(rbt, rb)
              Remove the node rb from the tree rbt.

     rb_tree_find_node(rbt, key)
              Search the tree rbt for a node exactly matching key.  If no such
              node is in the tree, return NULL.  Otherwise, return the match-
              ing node.

     rb_tree_find_node_geq(rbt, key)
              Search the tree rbt for a node that exactly matches key and
              return it.  If no such node is present, return the first node
              following key or, if no such node is in the tree, return NULL.

     rb_tree_find_node_leq(rbt, key)
              Search the tree rbt for a node that exactly matches key and
              return it.  If no such node is present, return the first node
              preceding key or, if no such node is in the tree, return NULL.

     rb_tree_iterate(rbt, rb, direction)
              If direction is RB_DIR_LEFT, return the node in the tree rbt
              immediately preceding the node rb or, if rb is NULL, return the
              last node in rbt or, if the tree is empty, return NULL.

              If direction is RB_DIR_RIGHT, return the node in the tree rbt
              immediately following the node rb or, if rb is NULL, return the
              first node in rbt or, if the tree is empty, return NULL.

CODE REFERENCES
     The rbtree interface is implemented in common/lib/libc/gen/rb.c.

SEE ALSO
     queue(3), tree(3)

HISTORY
     The rbtree interface first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
     Matt Thomas <matt@NetBSD.org> wrote rbtree.

     Niels Provos <provos@citi.umich.edu> wrote the tree(3) manual page.  Por-
     tions of this page derive from that page.

NetBSD 5.0                     February 17, 2012                    NetBSD 5.0