From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Ye Liu <ye.liu@linux.dev>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>, Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] tools/mm/page_owner_sort: fix --sort option being silently ignored
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 10:17:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e85ee97b-6a3a-482d-b6e1-6a6df9be60f3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803062056.1518070-2-ye.liu@linux.dev>
On 8/3/26 08:20, Ye Liu wrote:
> From: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
>
> When --sort is used without any short option (-a, -m, -p, etc.),
> compare_flag remains COMP_NO_FLAG. The switch (compare_flag) then
> falls through to the COMP_NUM case and calls set_single_cmp(), which
> unconditionally overwrites the sort conditions that parse_sort_args()
> already configured. This makes --sort silently ineffective unless a
> short option is also supplied.
>
> Split COMP_NO_FLAG out of the COMP_NUM fallthrough so that --sort is
> respected when no short option is present.
>
> Reproduction:
> # Before fix: ascending order (ignored --sort=-pid)
> ./page_owner_sort --sort=-pid input.txt output.txt
> # After fix: descending order as expected
>
> Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> tools/mm/page_owner_sort.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/mm/page_owner_sort.c b/tools/mm/page_owner_sort.c
> index 35d3d254941c..3c86c8d0618c 100644
> --- a/tools/mm/page_owner_sort.c
> +++ b/tools/mm/page_owner_sort.c
> @@ -821,6 +821,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> set_single_cmp(compare_stacktrace, SORT_ASC);
> break;
> case COMP_NO_FLAG:
> + if (sc.size > 0)
> + break;
> + set_single_cmp(compare_num, SORT_DESC);
> + break;
Why not a fallthrough; after the check?
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 6:20 [PATCH v2 0/3] tools/mm/page_owner_sort: fix --sort, add module filter, improve usage Ye Liu
2026-08-03 6:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] tools/mm/page_owner_sort: fix --sort option being silently ignored Ye Liu
2026-08-03 8:17 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-08-03 6:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] tools/mm/page_owner_sort: add module name sort/cull/filter support Ye Liu
2026-08-03 8:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-03 6:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] tools/mm/page_owner_sort: show available sort keys in usage text Ye Liu
2026-08-03 8:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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