lib: Introduce priority array area manager

This introduces a infrastructure for management of linear priority
areas. Priority order in an array matters, however order of items inside
a priority group does not matter.

As an initial implementation, L-sort algorithm is used. It is quite
trivial. More advanced algorithm called P-sort will be introduced as a
follow-up. The infrastructure is prepared for other algos.

Alongside this, a testing module is introduced as well.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c15dc53f9d66..a9368bba9b37 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9382,6 +9382,14 @@ F:	drivers/video/fbdev/sti*
 F:      drivers/video/console/sti*
 F:      drivers/video/logo/logo_parisc*
 
+PARMAN
+M:      Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
+L:      netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S:      Supported
+F:      lib/parman.c
+F:      lib/test_parman.c
+F:      include/linux/parman.h
+
 PC87360 HARDWARE MONITORING DRIVER
 M:      Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
 L:      linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org