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Sort kernel module object files before processing them.

Message ID 20200204171627.148021-1-gprocida@google.com
State Committed
Headers
Series Sort kernel module object files before processing them. |

Commit Message

Aleksei Vetrov via Libabigail Jan. 1, 2020, midnight UTC 
  This imposes a deterministic ordering, making diffs more predictable
and allowing reproducible testing.

        * src/abg-tools-utils.cc (get_binary_paths_from_kernel_dist):
        Sort module_paths.

Signed-off-by: Giuliano Procida <gprocida@google.com>
---
 src/abg-tools-utils.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Dodji Seketeli Jan. 1, 2020, midnight UTC | #1 
Hello Giuliano,

Giuliano Procida <gprocida@google.com> a ?crit:

> This imposes a deterministic ordering, making diffs more predictable
> and allowing reproducible testing.
>
>         * src/abg-tools-utils.cc (get_binary_paths_from_kernel_dist):
>         Sort module_paths.

This looks goods to me and I have applied it to master.

Thanks!
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Patch

diff --git a/src/abg-tools-utils.cc b/src/abg-tools-utils.cc
index 6608ffd5..92a27d08 100644
--- a/src/abg-tools-utils.cc
+++ b/src/abg-tools-utils.cc
@@ -2326,7 +2326,8 @@  find_vmlinux_path(const string&	from,
 /// binary that was found.
 ///
 /// @param module_paths output parameter.  The paths of the kernel
-/// module binaries that were found.
+/// module binaries that were found, sorted to impose a deterministic
+/// ordering.
 ///
 /// @return true if at least the path to the vmlinux binary was found.
 bool
@@ -2365,6 +2366,8 @@  get_binary_paths_from_kernel_dist(const string&	dist_root,
   if (find_vmlinux_and_module_paths(from, vmlinux_path, module_paths))
     found = true;
 
+  std::sort(module_paths.begin(), module_paths.end());
+
   return found;
 }