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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