diff --git a/thin-provisioning/commands.cc b/thin-provisioning/commands.cc
index f4a96fd..4f2af9d 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/commands.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/commands.cc
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ thin_provisioning::register_thin_commands(base::application &app)
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_check_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_delta_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_dump_cmd()));
-	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_ll_dump_cmd()));
-	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_ll_restore_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_ls_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_metadata_size_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_restore_cmd()));
@@ -20,6 +18,8 @@ thin_provisioning::register_thin_commands(base::application &app)
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_rmap_cmd()));
 
 #ifdef DEV_TOOLS
+	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_ll_dump_cmd()));
+	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_ll_restore_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_scan_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_trim_cmd()));
 	app.add_cmd(command::ptr(new thin_generate_metadata_cmd()));
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/commands.h b/thin-provisioning/commands.h
index 927773c..54e5a88 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/commands.h
+++ b/thin-provisioning/commands.h
@@ -28,20 +28,6 @@ namespace thin_provisioning {
 		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
 	};
 
-	class thin_ll_dump_cmd : public base::command {
-	public:
-		thin_ll_dump_cmd();
-		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
-		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
-	};
-
-	class thin_ll_restore_cmd : public base::command {
-	public:
-		thin_ll_restore_cmd();
-		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
-		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
-	};
-
 	class thin_ls_cmd : public base::command {
 	public:
 		thin_ls_cmd();
@@ -80,14 +66,32 @@ namespace thin_provisioning {
 	class thin_trim_cmd : public base::command {
 	public:
 		thin_trim_cmd();
+
 		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
 		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
 	};
 
 #ifdef DEV_TOOLS
+	class thin_ll_dump_cmd : public base::command {
+	public:
+		thin_ll_dump_cmd();
+
+		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
+		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
+	};
+
+	class thin_ll_restore_cmd : public base::command {
+	public:
+		thin_ll_restore_cmd();
+
+		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
+		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
+	};
+
 	class thin_scan_cmd : public base::command {
 	public:
 		thin_scan_cmd();
+
 		virtual void usage(std::ostream &out) const;
 		virtual int run(int argc, char **argv);
 	};
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/device_tree.cc b/thin-provisioning/device_tree.cc
index 223d816..4837cb7 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/device_tree.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/device_tree.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace thin_provisioning {
 	namespace device_tree_detail {
+		device_details::device_details()
+			: mapped_blocks_(0),
+			  transaction_id_(0),
+			  creation_time_(0),
+			  snapshotted_time_(0) {
+		}
+
 		void
 		device_details_traits::unpack(device_details_disk const &disk, device_details &value)
 		{
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/device_tree.h b/thin-provisioning/device_tree.h
index 23ae924..ec0f9f2 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/device_tree.h
+++ b/thin-provisioning/device_tree.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace thin_provisioning {
 		} __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 		struct device_details {
+			device_details();
+
 			uint64_t mapped_blocks_;
 			uint64_t transaction_id_;  /* when created */
 			uint32_t creation_time_;
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_ll_restore.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_ll_restore.cc
index 1168579..27ab184 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_ll_restore.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_ll_restore.cc
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ namespace {
 	void parse_device(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, attributes const &attr) {
 		uint32_t dev_id = get_attr<uint32_t>(attr, "dev_id");
 		device_tree_detail::device_details details;
-		details.transaction_id_ = 0;
-		details.creation_time_ = 0;
-		details.snapshotted_time_ = 0;
 
 		device_tree::ptr details_tree;
 		boost::optional<uint32_t> details_root = get_opt_attr<uint32_t>(attr, "blocknr");
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_scan.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_scan.cc
index c5afbd9..1ed7a6b 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_scan.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_scan.cc
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ namespace {
 	};
 
 	struct block_range {
-		uint64_t begin_;
-		uint64_t end_; // one-pass-the-end
-		boost::optional<uint64_t> blocknr_begin_;
-		metadata_block_type type_;
-		int64_t ref_count_; // ref_count in metadata space map
-		size_t value_size_; // btree node only
-		bool is_valid_; // btree node only
-
 		block_range()
 			: begin_(0), end_(0),
 			  type_(UNKNOWN), ref_count_(-1),
@@ -151,10 +143,50 @@ namespace {
 			  value_size_(rhs.value_size_), is_valid_(rhs.is_valid_)
 		{
 		}
+
+		uint64_t size() const {
+			return (end_ > begin_) ? (end_ - begin_) : 0;
+		}
+
+		// returns true if r is left or right-adjacent
+		bool is_adjacent_to(block_range const &r) const {
+			block_range const &lhs = begin_ < r.begin_ ? *this : r;
+			block_range const &rhs = begin_ < r.begin_ ? r : *this;
+
+			if (size() && r.size() &&
+			    rhs.begin_ == lhs.end_ &&
+			    ((!blocknr_begin_ && !r.blocknr_begin_) ||
+			     (blocknr_begin_ && r.blocknr_begin_ &&
+			      *rhs.blocknr_begin_ >= *lhs.blocknr_begin_ &&
+			      (*rhs.blocknr_begin_ - *lhs.blocknr_begin_ == rhs.begin_ - lhs.begin_))) &&
+			    type_ == r.type_ &&
+			    ref_count_ == r.ref_count_ &&
+			    value_size_ == r.value_size_ &&
+			    is_valid_ == r.is_valid_)
+				return true;
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		bool concat(block_range const &r) {
+			if (!is_adjacent_to(r))
+				return false;
+			begin_ = std::min(begin_, r.begin_);
+			end_ = std::max(end_, r.end_);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		uint64_t begin_;
+		uint64_t end_; // one-pass-the-end
+		boost::optional<uint64_t> blocknr_begin_;
+		metadata_block_type type_;
+		int64_t ref_count_; // ref_count in metadata space map
+		size_t value_size_; // btree node only
+		bool is_valid_;
 	};
 
 	void output_block_range(block_range const &r, std::ostream &out) {
-		if (r.end_ <= r.begin_)
+		if (!r.size())
 			return;
 
 		if (r.end_ - r.begin_ > 1) {
@@ -288,18 +320,8 @@ namespace {
 				curr_range.ref_count_ = -1;
 			}
 
-			// output the current block
-			if (run_range.end_ == 0)
-				run_range = curr_range;
-			else if (((!curr_range.blocknr_begin_ && !run_range.blocknr_begin_) ||
-				  (curr_range.blocknr_begin_ && run_range.blocknr_begin_ &&
-				   *curr_range.blocknr_begin_ == *run_range.blocknr_begin_ + (run_range.end_ - run_range.begin_))) &&
-				 curr_range.type_ == run_range.type_ &&
-				 curr_range.ref_count_ == run_range.ref_count_ &&
-				 curr_range.value_size_ == run_range.value_size_ &&
-				 curr_range.is_valid_ == run_range.is_valid_) {
-				++run_range.end_;
-			} else {
+			// store the current block
+			if (!run_range.concat(curr_range)) {
 				output_block_range(run_range, out);
 				run_range = curr_range;
 			}