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Appendix H. Slab Allocator

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H.1 Cache Manipulation	459
H.1.1 Cache Creation	459
H.1.1.1 Function: `kmem_cache_create()`	459
H.1.2 Calculating the Number of Objects on a Slab	467
H.1.2.1 Function: kmem_cache_estimate()	467
H.1.3 Cache Shrinking	469
H.1.3.1 Function: `kmem_cache_shrink()`	469
H.1.3.2 Function: `__kmem_cache_shrink()`	470
H.1.3.3 Function: `__kmem_cache_shrink_locked()`	471
H.1.4 Cache Destroying	472
H.1.4.1 Function: `kmem_cache_destroy()`	472
H.1.5 Cache Reaping	473
H.1.5.1 Function: `kmem_cache_reap()`	473
H.2 Slabs	479
H.2.1 Storing the Slab Descriptor	479
H.2.1.1 Function: `kmem_cache_slabmgmt()`	479
H.2.1.2 Function: `kmem_find_general_cachep()`	480
H.2.2 Slab Creation	481
H.2.2.1 Function: `kmem_cache_grow()`	481
H.2.3 Slab Destroying	485
H.2.3.1 Function: `kmem_slab_destroy() ...`