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Subject: Re: __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages? 
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dalecki@evision-ventures.com said:
>  That's purposedly so to discourage the usage of it, since this
> function should be considered as an "implementation detail" I think.

An implementation detail that should be hidden from generic code.
Like the fact that we use slabs for malloc?

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