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Reverse linked list order #43

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jfrimmel opened this issue Oct 14, 2024 · 0 comments
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Reverse linked list order #43

jfrimmel opened this issue Oct 14, 2024 · 0 comments
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Currently the linked list of blocks is always extended in a way, that new blocks are appended on the far end of the chain. This is bad for short-lived allocations, which need 1. to traverse the whole chain to find a free block to allocate, then performing the work and then 2. traversing the whole list again in order to find the block "just" allocated. Since those allocations typically are stack-like (LIFO), it would make sense to reverse the order in which blocks are chained in the list: new blocks should come first.

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