linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] of: reserved_mem: Use stable allocation order

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:35:00 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Stephan Gerhold <stephan@...hold.net>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree-spec@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] of: reserved_mem: Use stable allocation order


On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:20:43 +0200, Stephan Gerhold wrote:
> sort() in Linux is based on heapsort which is not a stable sort
> algorithm - equal elements are being reordered. For reserved memory in
> the device tree this happens mainly for dynamic allocations: They do not
> have an address to sort with, so they are reordered somewhat randomly
> when adding/removing other unrelated reserved memory nodes.
> 
> Functionally this is not a big problem, but it's confusing during
> development when all the addresses change after adding unrelated
> reserved memory nodes.
> 
> Make the order stable by sorting dynamic allocations according to
> the node order in the device tree. Static allocations are not affected
> by this because they are still sorted by their (fixed) address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@...hold.net>
> ---
>  drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 

Applied, thanks!