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OSTEP Ch. 17 — Free-Space Management OSTEP Ch. 17 — Free-Space Management
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The problem
17.1 Assumptions
17.2 Low-level mechanisms
Splitting and coalescing
Tracking the size of allocated regions
Embedding a free list
Growing the heap
17.3 Basic strategies
17.4 Other approaches
Segregated lists
Buddy allocation
Other ideas
17.5 Summary
Key terms
Study questions