What are page allocation failures?

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The kernel frequently needs to allocate chunks of memory for the temporary storage of data and structures. These chunks of memory are made up of pages which are comprised of 4Kb of memory. Sometimes the allocations require many physically contiguous pages which may not always be available. In times like this, the kernel memory allocator may choose to fail the allocation request and this will...

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