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+#ifndef MM_SLAB_H
+#define MM_SLAB_H
+/*
+ * Internal slab definitions
+ */
+
+/*
+ * State of the slab allocator.
+ *
+ * This is used to describe the states of the allocator during bootup.
+ * Allocators use this to gradually bootstrap themselves. Most allocators
+ * have the problem that the structures used for managing slab caches are
+ * allocated from slab caches themselves.
+ */
+enum slab_state {
+	DOWN,			/* No slab functionality yet */
+	PARTIAL,		/* SLUB: kmem_cache_node available */
+	PARTIAL_ARRAYCACHE,	/* SLAB: kmalloc size for arraycache available */
+	PARTIAL_L3,		/* SLAB: kmalloc size for l3 struct available */
+	UP,			/* Slab caches usable but not all extras yet */
+	FULL			/* Everything is working */
+};
+
+extern enum slab_state slab_state;
+
+/* The slab cache mutex protects the management structures during changes */
+extern struct mutex slab_mutex;
+extern struct list_head slab_caches;
+
+struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
+	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
+
+#endif