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Re:Drop millions of allocations by using a linked list (2015) by mytailorisrich on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:12AM (#26434919)
> it's best to pre-allocate your memory and then hand out bits as needed through a custom allocator working on the pre-allocated set.

Yes. For linked lists this would typically mean creating a pool of objects to be allocated from the pool and returned to the pool as needed for operating the linked list.

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