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SubjectRe: [patch 1/13] Qsort
On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 08:29:30PM -0800, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 03:39:34AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> c) the three-way median selection does help avoid worst-case O(n^2)
> behavior, which might potentially be triggerable by users in places
> like XFS where this is used

XFS's needs are simple - we're just sorting dirents within a
single directory block or smaller, and sorting EA lists/ACLs -
all of which are small arrays, so a qsort optimised for small
arrays suits XFS well. Take care not to put any arrays on the
stack though, else the CONFIG_4KSTACKS punters won't be happy.

cheers.

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Nathan
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