From: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@kylinos.cn>

We are going to define 3 comparison functions, introduce this macro to
reduce duplicate code.

Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@kylinos.cn>
---
 fs/smb/client/netmisc.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/netmisc.c b/fs/smb/client/netmisc.c
index 9ec20601cee2..73c40ae91607 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/netmisc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/netmisc.c
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
 #include "nterr.h"
 
+/* Define a comparison function for ascending order. */
+#define DEFINE_CMP_FUNC(__struct_name, __field)				\
+static int cmp_ ## __struct_name(const void *_a, const void *_b)	\
+{									\
+	const struct __struct_name *a = _a, *b = _b;			\
+									\
+	if (a->__field < b->__field)					\
+		return -1;						\
+	if (a->__field > b->__field)					\
+		return 1;						\
+	return 0;							\
+}
+
 struct smb_to_posix_error {
 	__u16 smb_err;
 	int posix_code;
-- 
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