leetcode 23 Merge k Sorted Lists

struct cmp {
    bool operator () (ListNode *a, ListNode *b) {
        return a->val > b->val;
    }
};
 
class Solution {  
public:  
    ListNode *mergeKLists(vector<ListNode *> &lists) {  
        priority_queue<ListNode*, vector<ListNode*>, cmp> q;
        for (int i = 0; i < lists.size(); ++i) {
            if (lists[i]) q.push(lists[i]);
        }
        ListNode *head = NULL, *pre = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
        while (!q.empty()) {
            tmp = q.top();
            q.pop();
            if (!pre) head = tmp;
            else pre->next = tmp;
            pre = tmp;
            if (tmp->next) q.push(tmp->next);
        }
        return head;
    }  
};