/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* sortList(ListNode* head) {
        if (!head || !head->next) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode* slow = head;
        ListNode* fast = head->next;
        while (fast && fast->next) {
            slow = slow->next;
            fast = fast->next->next;
        }
        ListNode* l1 = head;
        ListNode* l2 = slow->next;
        slow->next = nullptr;
        l1 = sortList(l1);
        l2 = sortList(l2);
        ListNode* dummy = new ListNode();
        ListNode* tail = dummy;
        while (l1 && l2) {
            if (l1->val <= l2->val) {
                tail->next = l1;
                l1 = l1->next;
            } else {
                tail->next = l2;
                l2 = l2->next;
            }
            tail = tail->next;
        }
        tail->next = l1 ? l1 : l2;
        return dummy->next;
    }
};