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@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@
used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where
N is the number of free blocks.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>Address order first fit carrier address order best fit</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Strategy: Find the <em>carrier</em> with the lowest address that
+ can satisfy the requested block size, then find a block within
+ that carrier using the "adress order best fit" strategy.</p>
+ <p>Implementation: Balanced binary search trees are
+ used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where
+ N is the number of free blocks.</p>
+ </item>
<tag>Good fit</tag>
<item>
<p>Strategy: Try to find the best fit, but settle for the best fit
@@ -300,10 +309,11 @@
subsystem identifier, only the specific allocator identified will be
effected:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><marker id="M_as"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|aoff|gf|af]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="M_as"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|aoff|aoffcaobf|gf|af]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
Allocation strategy. Valid strategies are <c>bf</c> (best fit),
<c>aobf</c> (address order best fit), <c>aoff</c> (address order first fit),
+ <c>aoffcaobf</c> (address order first fit carrier address order best fit),
<c>gf</c> (good fit), and <c>af</c> (a fit). See
<seealso marker="#strategy">the description of allocation strategies</seealso> in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
<tag><marker id="M_asbcst"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>asbcst <size>]]></c></marker></tag>