+static int vp_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+ const struct value_pair *vp1 = p1;
+ const struct value_pair *vp2 = p2;
+
+ return strlen(vp2->ival) - strlen(vp1->ival);
+}
+
+static void posval_sort(struct fio_option *o, struct value_pair *vpmap)
+{
+ const struct value_pair *vp;
+ int entries;
+
+ memset(vpmap, 0, PARSE_MAX_VP * sizeof(struct value_pair));
+
+ for (entries = 0; entries < PARSE_MAX_VP; entries++) {
+ vp = &o->posval[entries];
+ if (!vp->ival || vp->ival[0] == '\0')
+ break;
+
+ memcpy(&vpmap[entries], vp, sizeof(*vp));
+ }
+
+ qsort(vpmap, entries, sizeof(struct value_pair), vp_cmp);
+}
+