+static FTSENT *
+fts_sort(FTS *sp, FTSENT *head, int nitems)
+{
+ FTSENT **ap, *p;
+
+ /*
+ * Construct an array of pointers to the structures and call qsort(3).
+ * Reassemble the array in the order returned by qsort. If unable to
+ * sort for memory reasons, return the directory entries in their
+ * current order. Allocate enough space for the current needs plus
+ * 40 so don't realloc one entry at a time.
+ */
+ if (nitems > sp->fts_nitems) {
+ struct _ftsent **a;
+
+ if ((a = reallocarray(sp->fts_array,
+ nitems + 40, sizeof(FTSENT *))) == NULL) {
+ free(sp->fts_array);
+ sp->fts_array = NULL;
+ sp->fts_nitems = 0;
+ return (head);
+ }
+ sp->fts_nitems = nitems + 40;
+ sp->fts_array = a;
+ }
+ for (ap = sp->fts_array, p = head; p; p = p->fts_link)
+ *ap++ = p;
+ qsort(sp->fts_array, nitems, sizeof(FTSENT *),
+ (qsort_compar_proto)sp->fts_compar);
+ for (head = *(ap = sp->fts_array); --nitems; ++ap)
+ ap[0]->fts_link = ap[1];
+ ap[0]->fts_link = NULL;
+ return (head);
+}
+