Re: [PATCH] lib: add statsort(), a distribution/bucket sort

Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 17:15:36 -0700 Peter <[email protected]> wrote:

> because it's much faster than current alternatives and linux kernel will
> need it in future. don't forget the unknown is much larger than known.
> 
> FYI - this alg is even faster than C++ Boost library:
> https://github.com/drpt78stu2/fspclib

OK, thanks.

Some measurements which help us understand the performance difference
would be useful.

I'm not aware of any kernel code which spends significant time sorting
things(?), so the motivation here won't be high.

The existing sort() has a little self-test in lib/tests/test_sort.c.
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