code: public void allocateSegments(int numberOfSegments) {
  		while (getBlockCount() < numberOfSegments) {
  			MemorySegment next = this.availableMemory.nextSegment();
  			if (next != null) {
  				this.partitionPages.add(next);
  			} else {
  				return;
  			}
  		}
  	}
docs: attempts to allocate specified number of segments and should only be used by compaction partition
  fails silently if not enough segments are available since next compaction could still succeed
  
  @param numberOfSegments allocation count