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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 00/22] Per-cpu page allocator replacement prototype
    On Thu, 9 May 2013, Dave Hansen wrote:

    > BTW, I really like the 'magazine' name. It's not frequently used in
    > this kind of context and it conjures up a nice mental image whether it
    > be of stacks of periodicals or firearm ammunition clips.

    The term "magazine" was prominently used in the Bonwick article that was
    the base of the creation of the SLAB allocator.

    http://static.usenix.org/event/usenix01/full_papers/bonwick/bonwick.pdf

    http://static.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bos94/full_papers/bonwick.a



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