Quick introduction to reverse engineering for beginners

jump_over:;
/* Select median value from among LO, MID, and HI. Rearrange
LO and HI so the three values are sorted. This lowers the
probability of picking a pathological pivot value and
skips a comparison for both the LEFT_PTR and RIGHT_PTR in
the while loops. */
char *mid = lo + size * ((hi - lo) / size >> 1);
if ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) lo, arg) < 0)
SWAP (mid, lo, size);
if ((*cmp) ((void *) hi, (void *) mid, arg) < 0)
SWAP (mid, hi, size);
else
goto jump_over;
if ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) lo, arg) < 0)
SWAP (mid, lo, size);
left_ptr = lo + size;
right_ptr = hi - size;
/* Here’s the famous ‘‘collapse the walls’’ section of quicksort.
Gotta like those tight inner loops! They are the main reason
that this algorithm runs much faster than others. */
do
{
while ((*cmp) ((void *) left_ptr, (void *) mid, arg) < 0)
left_ptr += size;
while ((*cmp) ((void *) mid, (void *) right_ptr, arg) < 0)
right_ptr -= size;
if (left_ptr < right_ptr)
{
SWAP (left_ptr, right_ptr, size);
if (mid == left_ptr)
mid = right_ptr;
else if (mid == right_ptr)
mid = left_ptr;
left_ptr += size;
right_ptr -= size;
}
else if (left_ptr == right_ptr)
{
left_ptr += size;
right_ptr -= size;
break;
}
}
while (left_ptr