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From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] idr_get_new_exact ?
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:38:25 +0100
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:26:47PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> I agree.  Wouldn't those users better off simply using radix tree?
 
Can't speak for the other users, but dm uses it both ways - normally
happy with any id (minor number), but sometimes user requires a specific
one.

Alasdair