Techniques for efficiently accessing values spanning slabs of memory

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• generating a first slab including a first plurality of data words, wherein the first slab is associated with a memory pool;
• generating a second slab including a second plurality of data words, wherein the second slab is associated with the memory pool;
• assigning the first slab and a second slab to a composite array;
• modifying a first data word included in the first plurality of data words to store a first portion of a value;
• modifying a second data word included in the second plurality of data words to store a second portion of the value, wherein the first portion of the value is not stored in the second slab;
• and
• performing a copy operation that copies the second data word to a duplicate word included in the first slab.

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing a memory pool application;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein when executed by the processor,
• the memory pool application causes the processor to:
• cause a first data word included in a first slab associated with a memory pool to store a first portion of a value;
• cause a second data word included in a second slab associated with the memory pool to store a second portion of the value, wherein the first portion of the value is not stored in the second slab;
• and
• perform a copy operation that copies the second data word to a duplicate word included in the first slab.