归并排序

148. 排序链表

给你链表的头结点 head ，请将其按 升序 排列并返回 排序后的链表 。

进阶：

你可以在 O(n log n) 时间复杂度和常数级空间复杂度下，对链表进行排序吗？

这里场景是链表排序，给了nlogn的时间复杂度，但需要常数级的空间

nlogn的时间复杂度的排序有：归并排序、堆排序和快速排序

但是空间上，这里使用堆排序和快排都要额外空间

所以最适合的是原地进行归并排序

O(1)空间复杂度就不能用递归了

代码：

class Solution {
    public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
        if (head == null) {
            return head;
        }
        int length = 0;
        ListNode node = head;
        while (node != null) {
            length++;
            node = node.next;
        }
        ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode(0, head);
        for (int subLength = 1; subLength < length; subLength <<= 1) {
            ListNode prev = dummyHead, curr = dummyHead.next;
            while (curr != null) {
                ListNode head1 = curr;
                for (int i = 1; i < subLength && curr.next != null; i++) {
                    curr = curr.next;
                }
                ListNode head2 = curr.next;
                curr.next = null;
                curr = head2;
                for (int i = 1; i < subLength && curr != null && curr.next != null; i++) {
                    curr = curr.next;
                }
                ListNode next = null;
                if (curr != null) {
                    next = curr.next;
                    curr.next = null;
                }
                ListNode merged = merge(head1, head2);
                prev.next = merged;
                while (prev.next != null) {
                    prev = prev.next;
                }
                curr = next;
            }
        }
        return dummyHead.next;
    }

    public ListNode merge(ListNode head1, ListNode head2) {
        ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode temp = dummyHead, temp1 = head1, temp2 = head2;
        while (temp1 != null && temp2 != null) {
            if (temp1.val <= temp2.val) {
                temp.next = temp1;
                temp1 = temp1.next;
            } else {
                temp.next = temp2;
                temp2 = temp2.next;
            }
            temp = temp.next;
        }
        if (temp1 != null) {
            temp.next = temp1;
        } else if (temp2 != null) {
            temp.next = temp2;
        }
        return dummyHead.next;
    }
}