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From: Rohit Jalan <rohitj@purpe.com>
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Subject: UMA zone allocator memory fragmentation questions
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Hi,

Is there an upper limit on the amount of fragmentation / wastage that
can occur in a UMA zone?

Is there a method to know the total number of pages used by a UMA zone at
some instance of time?

Thanks,

rohit --