linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 4/5] lib/list_sort: Simplify and remove MAX_LIST_LENGTH

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Date:   Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:08:51 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     George Spelvin <lkml@....org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrey Abramov <st5pub@...dex.ru>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...mens.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Don Mullis <don.mullis@...il.com>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 4/5] lib/list_sort: Simplify and remove
 MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS

On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 08:16:00 +0000 George Spelvin <lkml@....org> wrote:

> Rather than a fixed-size array of pending sorted runs, use the ->prev
> links to keep track of things.  This reduces stack usage, eliminates
> some ugly overflow handling, and reduces the code size.
> 
> Also:
> * merge() no longer needs to handle NULL inputs, so simplify.
> * The same applies to merge_and_restore_back_links(), which is renamed
>   to the less ponderous merge_final().  (It's a static helper function,
>   so we don't need a super-descriptive name; comments will do.)
> * Document the actual return value requirements on the (*cmp)()
>   function; some callers are already using this feature.
> 
> x86-64 code size 1086 -> 739 bytes (-347)
> 
> (Yes, I see checkpatch complaining about no space after comma in
> "__attribute__((nonnull(2,3,4,5)))".  Checkpatch is wrong.)

x86_64 allnoconfig with gcc-7.3.0:

lib/list_sort.c:17:36: warning: __pure__ attribute ignored [-Wattributes]
   struct list_head const *, struct list_head const *);