From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51846463B85 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2026 23:58:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785887924; cv=none; b=QY0j6lCnbcp6x4yVc3Tmg876uRQq7aGr2t4L4N8uAmAPMyyXXg9QMr3QgY+UvyMjA6h0T7MKO3C7WJjMkFY4JtdI6wOz54ppD4YVeFeqSFjpN/X1oJLHDF2kNFkc+1zrI29lA9gcSDN6kXEBnngMk506AGsdscZVtJF2oVyqRWI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785887924; c=relaxed/simple; bh=3mV06RZHoPA2qZgC/QSDMl84irAhNdMphChm9JQShJ4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References: Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=UOUttRcrGxQVZP6Ptyko42vPLY/2zb/fBCf/srcFbMzH7wgFpwUHO6JgW8ueniQIx+lVOnDphLiPZdXIiyQx84Px5BVZf1peuyvH2lASKXlQAeyYRUjblBYwBeYc8xU9+Z8D7TjcdgfuqN2GeG1f9tExNtZ/mQw+SESnVZxQyk0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b=GlMroCK5; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="GlMroCK5" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F402D1F00A3A; Tue, 4 Aug 2026 23:58:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1785887923; bh=HO+L9F5+cFe9Y4BJNQnDZl6m8MaCbA43dLHrkkEVIVw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=GlMroCK5qgit+nb9lrpGBEVXrIFwyldLr+P/2ffpowIsS7pp/+672t2UVT+P8DObC cb9j/ChCL1gWbB4Lug4LUOGdjp+6yA//i3LhkoAjgiwIs9vqhccMKX8B7BpiNXOpnq L5amc6Iyc03uqJckTb/cIZpDxMAmvsOEWfpDVwzw= Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:58:42 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Peter Taraba Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: add statsort(), a distribution/bucket sort Message-Id: <20260804165842.c0004b4479ba053fe60d1993@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20260804233449.70815-1-peter.schuster.taraba@gmail.com> References: <20260804233449.70815-1-peter.schuster.taraba@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.8.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:34:49 -0700 Peter Taraba wrote: > Adds statsort(), a bucket/distribution sort for arrays keyed by a > signed 64-bit value. um why? Is there some intended user of this? If so, please share all the details.