slack in /proc/meminfo

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Subject: slack in /proc/meminfo
From: nunash <newnashworks@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:01:12 -0700
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Could someone explain what this refers to? is it wastage
of memory associated with slab allocator?