[PATCH v2 2/2] drm/amd/display: Optimize remove_duplicates() from O(N^2) to O(N)

[Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>]

Replace the previous O(N^2) implementation of remove_duplicates() with
a O(N) version using a fast/slow pointer approach. The new version
keeps only the first occurrence of each element and compacts the array
in place, improving efficiency without changing functionality.

Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
---
Changes from v1:
- Add early return when *list_a_size = 0 to fix a corner case.

double arr1[] = {1,1,2,2,3}; int size1=5;
remove_duplicates(arr1,&size1);
assert(size1==3 && arr1[0]==1 && arr1[1]==2 && arr1[2]==3);

double arr2[] = {1,2,3}; int size2=3;
remove_duplicates(arr2,&size2);
assert(size2==3 && arr2[0]==1 && arr2[1]==2 && arr2[2]==3);

double arr3[] = {5,5,5,5}; int size3=4;
remove_duplicates(arr3,&size3);
assert(size3==1 && arr3[0]==5);

double arr4[] = {}; int size4=0;
remove_duplicates(arr4,&size4);
assert(size4==0);

 .../dml2/dml21/src/dml2_pmo/dml2_pmo_dcn3.c   | 21 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_pmo/dml2_pmo_dcn3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_pmo/dml2_pmo_dcn3.c
index 2b13a5e88917..1068ddc97859 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_pmo/dml2_pmo_dcn3.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_pmo/dml2_pmo_dcn3.c
@@ -50,18 +50,19 @@ static void set_reserved_time_on_all_planes_with_stream_index(struct display_con
 
 static void remove_duplicates(double *list_a, int *list_a_size)
 {
-	int cur_element = 0;
-	// For all elements b[i] in list_b[]
-	while (cur_element < *list_a_size - 1) {
-		if (list_a[cur_element] == list_a[cur_element + 1]) {
-			for (int j = cur_element + 1; j < *list_a_size - 1; j++) {
-				list_a[j] = list_a[j + 1];
-			}
-			*list_a_size = *list_a_size - 1;
-		} else {
-			cur_element++;
+	int j = 0;
+
+	if (*list_a_size == 0)
+		return;
+
+	for (int i = 1; i < *list_a_size; i++) {
+		if (list_a[j] != list_a[i]) {
+			j++;
+			list_a[j] = list_a[i];
 		}
 	}
+
+	*list_a_size = j + 1;
 }
 
 static bool increase_mpc_combine_factor(unsigned int *mpc_combine_factor, unsigned int limit)
-- 
2.34.1