+static int cmp_cells(const void *lhs, const void *rhs)
+{
+ struct dm_bio_prison_cell *lhs_cell = *((struct dm_bio_prison_cell **) lhs);
+ struct dm_bio_prison_cell *rhs_cell = *((struct dm_bio_prison_cell **) rhs);
+
+ BUG_ON(!lhs_cell->holder);
+ BUG_ON(!rhs_cell->holder);
+
+ if (lhs_cell->holder->bi_iter.bi_sector < rhs_cell->holder->bi_iter.bi_sector)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (lhs_cell->holder->bi_iter.bi_sector > rhs_cell->holder->bi_iter.bi_sector)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned sort_cells(struct pool *pool, struct list_head *cells)
+{
+ unsigned count = 0;
+ struct dm_bio_prison_cell *cell, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(cell, tmp, cells, user_list) {
+ if (count >= CELL_SORT_ARRAY_SIZE)
+ break;
+
+ pool->cell_sort_array[count++] = cell;
+ list_del(&cell->user_list);
+ }
+
+ sort(pool->cell_sort_array, count, sizeof(cell), cmp_cells, NULL);
+
+ return count;
+}
+