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-rw-r--r--lib/util/idtree.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/idtree.c b/lib/util/idtree.c
index c8a8b6346a..0af93a229d 100644
--- a/lib/util/idtree.c
+++ b/lib/util/idtree.c
@@ -372,12 +372,16 @@ _PUBLIC_ int idr_get_new_random(struct idr_context *idp, void *ptr, int limit)
/* first try a random starting point in the whole range, and if that fails,
then start randomly in the bottom half of the range. This can only
- fail if the range is over half full */
+ fail if the range is over half full, and finally fallback to any
+ free id */
id = idr_get_new_above(idp, ptr, 1+(generate_random() % limit), limit);
if (id == -1) {
id = idr_get_new_above(idp, ptr, 1+(generate_random()%(limit/2)), limit);
}
-
+ if (id == -1) {
+ id = idr_get_new_above(idp, ptr, 1, limit);
+ }
+
return id;
}