Re: [patch 1/13] Qsort

[Andi Kleen]

> It would slow down the groups case (unless we leave the specialized version 
> in). Gcc doesn't inline a cmp function pointer, and a C preprocessor 
> templatized version would be really ugly. A variant with of this routine with 
> qsort like interface should be good enough for nfsacl and xfs though.

group initialization is not time critical, it typically only happens
at login.  Also it's doubleful you'll even be able to measure the difference.

-Andi
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