diff --git a/kalloc.c b/kalloc.c
index 8499552..f5de41a 100644
--- a/kalloc.c
+++ b/kalloc.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ void *km_init2(void *km_par, size_t min_core_size)
 	kmem_t *km;
 	km = (kmem_t*)kcalloc(km_par, 1, sizeof(kmem_t));
 	km->par = km_par;
-	km->min_core_size = min_core_size > 0? min_core_size : 0x80000;
+	if (km_par) km->min_core_size = min_core_size > 0? min_core_size : ((kmem_t*)km_par)->min_core_size - 2;
+	else km->min_core_size = min_core_size > 0? min_core_size : 0x80000;
 	return (void*)km;
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +184,16 @@ void *krealloc(void *_km, void *ap, size_t n_bytes) // TODO: this can be made mo
 	return q;
 }
 
+void *krelocate(void *km, void *ap, size_t n_bytes)
+{
+	void *p;
+	if (km == 0 || ap == 0) return ap;
+	p = kmalloc(km, n_bytes);
+	memcpy(p, ap, n_bytes);
+	kfree(km, ap);
+	return p;
+}
+
 void km_stat(const void *_km, km_stat_t *s)
 {
 	kmem_t *km = (kmem_t*)_km;
@@ -203,3 +214,11 @@ void km_stat(const void *_km, km_stat_t *s)
 		s->largest = s->largest > size? s->largest : size;
 	}
 }
+
+void km_stat_print(const void *km)
+{
+	km_stat_t st;
+	km_stat(km, &st);
+	fprintf(stderr, "[km_stat] cap=%ld, avail=%ld, largest=%ld, n_core=%ld, n_block=%ld\n",
+			st.capacity, st.available, st.largest, st.n_blocks, st.n_cores);
+}
diff --git a/kalloc.h b/kalloc.h
index 93bff5e..8cbfbd9 100644
--- a/kalloc.h
+++ b/kalloc.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void *kmalloc(void *km, size_t size);
 void *krealloc(void *km, void *ptr, size_t size);
+void *krelocate(void *km, void *ap, size_t n_bytes);
 void *kcalloc(void *km, size_t count, size_t size);
 void kfree(void *km, void *ptr);
 
@@ -20,11 +21,16 @@ void *km_init(void);
 void *km_init2(void *km_par, size_t min_core_size);
 void km_destroy(void *km);
 void km_stat(const void *_km, km_stat_t *s);
+void km_stat_print(const void *km);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
+#define Kmalloc(km, type, cnt)       ((type*)kmalloc((km), (cnt) * sizeof(type)))
+#define Kcalloc(km, type, cnt)       ((type*)kcalloc((km), (cnt), sizeof(type)))
+#define Krealloc(km, type, ptr, cnt) ((type*)krealloc((km), (ptr), (cnt) * sizeof(type)))
+
 #define KMALLOC(km, ptr, len) ((ptr) = (__typeof__(ptr))kmalloc((km), (len) * sizeof(*(ptr))))
 #define KCALLOC(km, ptr, len) ((ptr) = (__typeof__(ptr))kcalloc((km), (len), sizeof(*(ptr))))
 #define KREALLOC(km, ptr, len) ((ptr) = (__typeof__(ptr))krealloc((km), (ptr), (len) * sizeof(*(ptr))))
diff --git a/minimap.h b/minimap.h
index ee7b613..ec07b3d 100644
--- a/minimap.h
+++ b/minimap.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.24-r1164-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.24-r1166-dirty"
 
 #define MM_F_NO_DIAG       (0x001LL) // no exact diagonal hit
 #define MM_F_NO_DUAL       (0x002LL) // skip pairs where query name is lexicographically larger than target name