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    SubjectRe: The Slab Allocator (Was: Re: New dcache not using slab allocator?)
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    Mark Hemment <markhe@nextd.demon.co.uk> writes:
    > [ SLAB vs. SIMP ]
    >
    > I feel that a light, fast, front-end to the SLAB is the correct solution
    > - there should not be two memory allocators in the kernel.
    >
    I hate to say "me too", but... IMHO, Mark is right.

    Allocating stuff in blocks of four pages simply won't work in Real Life.

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    Matthias Urlichs
    noris network GmbH

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