From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A63C35DF9 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD1B218AC for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:18:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1582622299; bh=asdLG+isiPzVu1w9fbpVjYfibjljh+4CePYOpRKtBH0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=H31Y6oM0i7H8UIvAchGk3gm2oODj3AomRAF2J8vZ5Rf23Y5U4au7o53F0DzS6dcp+ DsJ6MLQjAz7c1irjNzWTBWTv85YrvlfiX0Y+sXjzgRjWg5xCIT2PYxG9Ycf7O+TeUn gNdpQysBoXLzRjfJAnkptaoTkVTmFQGgDHbf2Vm8= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729765AbgBYJSS (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Feb 2020 04:18:18 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35772 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726916AbgBYJSS (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Feb 2020 04:18:18 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [193.47.165.251]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6930221744; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:18:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1582622298; bh=asdLG+isiPzVu1w9fbpVjYfibjljh+4CePYOpRKtBH0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=p1U50HDLMakBwvxuxaH75a68L+CXqrGkJ4jZqgx1TfHYgNOOdL7ToLEIyQfZf1O7E 4Co2qkXhJr8JbII4zI87l7Gs8B4qoEWj1bPSXcSey8hiO5UA9hvCSg2dMch4HFG9vv KhFk3KBXqizrWZXE96EFB1Kep02H2pexF/IZXPRk= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:18:15 +0200 From: Leon Romanovsky To: Haim Boozaglo Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "ibstat -l" displays CA device list in an unsorted order Message-ID: <20200225091815.GE5347@unreal> References: <2b43584f-f56a-6466-a2da-43d02fad6b64@mellanox.com> <20200225074815.GB5347@unreal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rdma-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:36:05AM +0200, Haim Boozaglo wrote: > > > On 2/25/2020 9:48 AM, Leon Romanovsky 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). > > > > Do we have anything written in official man pages about this expectation? > > I don't think so, there is nothing "to fix". > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Haim Boozaglo. > > Ok, but for many years people got used to getting sorted output in > alphabetical order and now they don't get it. Like for many other things, those people will adapt. Thanks