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Replace the bubble sort in sanitize_e820_map() with a call to the generic
authorMike Ditto <mditto@google.com>
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:46:17 +0000 (09:46 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:32:59 +0000 (15:32 +1000)
commitb82377606234b3b7e13b76bbfc00f0c707c11e39
tree6c91b206c70af4f23a6a9d71ba7035096723c384
parentdf8ff55329c24ec1631cc1dff3b3c3d91552b5cc
Replace the bubble sort in sanitize_e820_map() with a call to the generic
kernel sort function to avoid pathological performance with large maps.

On large (thousands of entries) E820 maps, the previous code took minutes
to run; with this change it's now milliseconds.

Signed-off-by: Mike Ditto <mditto@google.com>
Cc: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@kpanic.de>
Cc: Nancy Yuen <yuenn@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
arch/x86/kernel/e820.c