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 | | The heap as a whole is not entirely ``ours." After heap expansion(s), the heap can contain {\em holes}, unusable space, that has not been allocated by \fgc\ and is not at its disposal, therefore. |
 | | If the heap is not empty, i.e., if expansion has taken place at least once, we determine the amount of pages by which the heap has to be increased. |
 | | The new heap layout has to be described, i.e., the various pointers, to the beginning or end of the heap, the page-info table, or to free segments have to be updated. |
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