private boolean acquireRecyclableLines(int bytes, int align, int offset) {
    while (line < LINES_IN_BLOCK || acquireRecyclableBlock()) {
      line = space.getNextAvailableLine(markTable, line);
      if (line < LINES_IN_BLOCK) {
        int endLine = space.getNextUnavailableLine(markTable, line);
        cursor = recyclableBlock.plus(Extent.fromIntSignExtend(line << LOG_BYTES_IN_LINE));
        limit = recyclableBlock.plus(Extent.fromIntSignExtend(endLine << LOG_BYTES_IN_LINE));
        if (SANITY_CHECK_LINE_MARKS) {
          Address tmp = cursor;
          while (tmp.LT(limit)) {
            if (tmp.loadByte() != (byte) 0) {
              Log.write("cursor: ");
              Log.writeln(cursor);
              Log.write(" limit: ");
              Log.writeln(limit);
              Log.write("current: ");
              Log.write(tmp);
              Log.write("  value: ");
              Log.write(tmp.loadByte());
              Log.write("   line: ");
              Log.write(line);
              Log.write("endline: ");
              Log.write(endLine);
              Log.write("  chunk: ");
              Log.write(Chunk.align(cursor));
              Log.write("     hw: ");
              Log.write(Chunk.getHighWater(Chunk.align(cursor)));
              Log.writeln(" values: ");
              Address tmp2 = cursor;
              while (tmp2.LT(limit)) {
                Log.write(tmp2.loadByte());
                Log.write(" ");
              }
              Log.writeln();
            }
            VM.assertions._assert(tmp.loadByte() == (byte) 0);
            tmp = tmp.plus(1);
          }
        }
        if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS && bytes <= BYTES_IN_LINE) {
          Address start = alignAllocationNoFill(cursor, align, offset);
          Address end = start.plus(bytes);
          VM.assertions._assert(end.LE(limit));
        }
        VM.memory.zero(cursor, limit.diff(cursor).toWord().toExtent());
        if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS && Options.verbose.getValue() >= 9) {
          Log.write("Z[");
          Log.write(cursor);
          Log.write("->");
          Log.write(limit);
          Log.writeln("]");
        }

        line = endLine;
        if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS && copy) VM.assertions._assert(!Block.isDefragSource(cursor));
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
  @Inline
  private boolean acquireRecyclableBlockAddressOrder() {
    if (recyclableExhausted) {
      if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS && Options.verbose.getValue() >= 9) {
        Log.writeln("[no recyclable available]");
      }
      return false;
    }
    int markState = 0;
    boolean usable = false;
    while (!usable) {
      Address next = recyclableBlock.plus(BYTES_IN_BLOCK);
      if (recyclableBlock.isZero() || ImmixSpace.isRecycleAllocChunkAligned(next)) {
        recyclableBlock = space.acquireReusableBlocks();
        if (recyclableBlock.isZero()) {
          recyclableExhausted = true;
          if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS && Options.verbose.getValue() >= 9) {
            Log.writeln("[recyclable exhausted]");
          }
          line = LINES_IN_BLOCK;
          return false;
        }
      } else {
        recyclableBlock = next;
      }
      markState = Block.getBlockMarkState(recyclableBlock);
      usable = (markState > 0 && markState <= ImmixSpace.getReusuableMarkStateThreshold(copy));
      if (copy && Block.isDefragSource(recyclableBlock)) usable = false;
    }
    if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS) VM.assertions._assert(!Block.isUnused(recyclableBlock));
    Block.setBlockAsReused(recyclableBlock);

    lineUseCount += (LINES_IN_BLOCK - markState);
    return true; // found something good
  }
  /**
   * External allocation slow path (called by superclass when slow path is actually taken. This is
   * necessary (rather than a direct call from the fast path) because of the possibility of a thread
   * switch and corresponding re-association of bump pointers to kernel threads.
   *
   * @param bytes The number of bytes allocated
   * @param align The requested alignment
   * @param offset The offset from the alignment
   * @return The address of the first byte of the allocated region or zero on failure
   */
  protected final Address allocSlowOnce(int bytes, int align, int offset) {
    Address ptr = space.getSpace(hot, copy, lineUseCount);

    if (ptr.isZero()) {
      lineUseCount = 0;
      return ptr; // failed allocation --- we will need to GC
    }

    /* we have been given a clean block */
    if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS) VM.assertions._assert(Block.isAligned(ptr));
    lineUseCount = LINES_IN_BLOCK;

    zeroBlock(ptr);
    if (requestForLarge) {
      largeCursor = ptr;
      largeLimit = ptr.plus(BYTES_IN_BLOCK);
    } else {
      cursor = ptr;
      limit = ptr.plus(BYTES_IN_BLOCK);
    }

    return alloc(bytes, align, offset);
  }