Per the doc, usage must be kept maximally merged. Beyond that, it is simply a
good idea to keep fragmentation in usage to a minimum.
The glibc malloc allocator allocates one page at a time, potentially causing
lots of fragmentation. However, those pages are likely to have the same number
of references, often making it possible to merge ranges.
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Michael Pratt
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