On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 06:09:35PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote: > > AFAIK ida always allocates the smallest available id so you don't need > > to keep track of bitmap_id_start. > > I saw mnt_alloc_group_id() does the same, so this was the reason, the additional > variable was used. Doesn't this gives a good advise to ida and makes it find > a free id faster? No, it doesn't help the IDA in the slightest. I have a patch in my tree to delete that silliness from mnt_alloc_group_id(); just haven't submitted it yet.