On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:25:49AM +0200, Haim Boozaglo wrote: > > > On 2/24/2020 9:41 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 08:06:56PM +0200, Haim Boozaglo wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > When running "ibstat" or "ibstat -l", the output of CA device list > > > is displayed in an unsorted order. > > > > > > Before pull request #561, ibstat displayed the CA device list sorted in > > > alphabetical order. > > > > > > The problem is that users expect to have the output sorted in alphabetical > > > order and now they get it not as expected (in an unsorted order). > > > > Really? Why? That doesn't look like it should happen, the list is > > constructed out of readdir() which should be sorted? > > > > Do you know where this comes from? > > > > Jason > > > > readdir() gives us struct by struct and doesn't keep on alphabetical order. > Before pull request #561 ibstat have used this API of libibumad: > int umad_get_cas_names(char cas[][UMAD_CA_NAME_LEN], int max) > > This API used this function: > n = scandir(SYS_INFINIBAND, &namelist, NULL, alphasort); > > scandir() can return a sorted CA device list in alphabetical order. Oh what a weird unintended side effect. Resolving it would require adding a sorting pass on a linked list.. Will you try? Jason
