Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64/sysreg: Sort sysreg by encoding

[Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 04:25:57PM +0000, James Clark wrote:
> It's mostly been sorted by sysreg encoding, but not 100%. Sort it so
> new entries can be added without wondering where to put them.
> 
> The following python script was used to sort, keeping the top level
> SysregFields and comments next to their current Sysreg entries by
> splitting on "EndSysreg":
> 
>   # cat arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | python3 sort.py > sorted-sysreg
>   import sys, re
>   def key(block):
>           reg = r"\w+\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)"
>           match = re.search(reg, block)
>           sort_val = ''.join(f"{int(n):02d}" for n in match.groups())
>           return (sort_val, block)
>   sysreg = sys.stdin.read().split("\nEndSysreg\n")[:-1]
>   sysreg = sorted(sysreg, key=key)
>   print("\nEndSysreg\n".join(sysreg) + "\nEndSysreg")
> 
> Tested by diffing sorted outputs:
> 
>   $ diff <(sort arch/arm64/include/generated/asm/sysreg-defs.h)  \
>          <(sort before-sysreg-defs.h) -s
> 
>   Files /dev/fd/63 and /dev/fd/62 are identical
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 1006 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 503 insertions(+), 503 deletions(-)

This looks like unnecessary pain for backporting...

What do we gain from sorting this?

Will