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| 239 | boundaries. The advantage of this setup is that during most of the |
239 | boundaries. The advantage of this setup is that during most of the |
| 240 | allocations, no global spinlock needs to be held.</para> |
240 | allocations, no global spinlock needs to be held.</para> |
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| 242 | <para>Should HelenOS run short of memory, it would start deallocating |
242 | <para>Should HelenOS run short of memory, it would start deallocating |
| 243 | objects from magazines, calling slab cache destructor on them and |
243 | objects from magazines, calling slab cache destructor on them and |
| 244 | putting them back into slabs. When a slab contanins no allocated object, |
244 | putting them back into slabs. When a slab contains no allocated object, |
| 245 | it is immediately freed.</para> |
245 | it is immediately freed.</para> |
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| 247 | <para> |
247 | <para> |
| 248 | <figure float="1"> |
248 | <figure float="1"> |
| 249 | <mediaobject id="slab_alloc"> |
249 | <mediaobject id="slab_alloc"> |
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| 315 | magazines in the list), the algorithm continues with Step |
315 | magazines in the list), the algorithm continues with Step |
| 316 | 1.</para> |
316 | 1.</para> |
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| 318 | <para><emphasis>Step 4.</emphasis> In this fail-safe step, an |
318 | <para><emphasis>Step 4.</emphasis> In this fail-safe step, an |
| 319 | object is allocated from the conventional slab layer and a pointer |
319 | object is allocated from the conventional slab layer and a pointer |
| 320 | to it is returned. If also the last magazine is full,</para> |
320 | to it is returned. If also the last magazine is full, a new slab |
| - | 321 | is allocated.</para> |
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| 321 | </formalpara> |
322 | </formalpara> |
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| 323 | <formalpara> |
324 | <formalpara> |
| 324 | <title>Deallocation</title> |
325 | <title>Deallocation</title> |
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