On 26.03.2018 18:14, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > 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. Ok, then I'll remove this trick. Thanks, Kirill