Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

Am 25.02.2025 um 16:15 schrieb Ar Rakin:

struct malloc_chunk
{
   struct malloc_chunk *next; /* The next chunk. */
   struct malloc_chunk *prev; /* The previous chunk. */
   bool is_free;              /* Whether this chunk is usable. */
   size_t size;               /* The size of this chunk. */
};

I prefer a memory allocator that only has a next-pointer per chunk.
mimalloc() satisfies this constraint for the mostly used small block
sizes as each block in a chain is power of two sized up to two pages.
And if it's not in a chain it is allocated.