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kmem_slab

Does anybody knows what stands for "kmem_slab" in solaris systems? I�m tryng to analise a crash dum and I cannot imagine what that means...

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Hi,

Apparently a Kmem_slab is a data structure that maintains the contents of a a slab ( a slab consists of one of more pages of virtual contiguous memory).

I suggest you look at the pdf document located at the link below:

http://www.math.luc.edu/~ppetrov/Cou...rnelmemory.pdf

Andy Hibbins