Write a simple memory allocator

Posted by mynameislegion on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @01:26AM
from the arjunsreedharan.org dept.

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Re:Write a simple memory allocator by hatsunearu on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @05:27PM (#12257822)

At first I was really confused why the linked list is needed, but here's the explanation:

You want to traverse the previously-freed blocks in case there was a block that you can fit the newly malloced/calloced/relloced block.

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Re:Write a simple memory allocator by alyeulra on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @12:40PM (#12255828)

very nice article in SO after a long time !

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