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+.\" Copyright (c) 2023 Ian Marco Moffett and the Osmora Team.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+
+.Dd December 15, 2023
+.Dt VM 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm - hyra kernel dynamic memory allocation
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In vm/dynalloc.h
+
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This subsystem is an abstraction over the Two-Level Segregated
+Fit memory allocator and provides wrappers for allocating, reallocating
+and deallocating memory from a pool allocated per-core.
+
+The
+.Ft dynalloc()
+function is analogous to malloc() in other systems.
+
+The
+.Ft dynrealloc()
+function is analogous to realloc() in other systems.
+
+The
+.Ft dynfree()
+function is analogous to free() in other systems.
+
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Ian Moffett Aq Mt ian@osmora.org