libc/bionic/memmem.cpp

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#include <string.h>

void* memmem(const void* void_haystack, size_t n, const void* void_needle, size_t m) {
  const unsigned char* haystack = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(void_haystack);
  const unsigned char* needle = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(void_needle);

  if (n < m) return nullptr;

  if (m == 0) return const_cast<void*>(void_haystack);
  if (m == 1) return const_cast<void*>(memchr(haystack, needle[0], n));

  // This uses the "Not So Naive" algorithm, a very simple but usually effective algorithm.
  // http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~lecroq/string/
  const unsigned char* y = haystack;
  const unsigned char* x = needle;
  size_t j = 0;
  size_t k = 1, l = 2;

  if (x[0] == x[1]) {
    k = 2;
    l = 1;
  }
  while (j <= n-m) {
    if (x[1] != y[j+1]) {
      j += k;
    } else {
      if (!memcmp(x+2, y+j+2, m-2) && x[0] == y[j]) return const_cast<unsigned char*>(&y[j]);
      j += l;
    }
  }
  return nullptr;
}