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      allocation requests, the frame allocator is tightly integrated with the
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      allocation requests, the frame allocator is tightly integrated with the
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      buddy system belonging to the zone. The frame allocator is also
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      buddy system belonging to the zone. The frame allocator is also
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      responsible for updating information about the number of free and busy
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      responsible for updating information about the number of free and busy
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      frames in the zone. <figure>
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      frames in the zone. <figure>
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      size. On the other hand, the buddy allocator suffers increased internal
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      size. On the other hand, the buddy allocator suffers increased internal
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      fragmentation of memory and is not suitable for general kernel
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      fragmentation of memory and is not suitable for general kernel
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      allocations. This purpose is better addressed by the <link
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      allocations. This purpose is better addressed by the <link
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      linkend="slab">slab allocator</link>.<figure>
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      linkend="slab">slab allocator</link>.<figure>
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      it is immediately freed.</para>
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      it is immediately freed.</para>
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      <para>
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      <para>
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        <figure>
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        <figure>
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          <mediaobject id="slab_alloc">
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          <title>Slab allocator scheme.</title>
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          <title>Slab allocator scheme.</title>
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        </figure>
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        </figure>
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      </para>
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      </para>