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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