✔️ kmalloc

Dynamically allocating memory! fast! My own malloc implementation!

📥 Installation

# Clone the repository
$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/42-Ikole-Systems/kmalloc

# Build the project
$ make -C kmalloc

# Run the program!
$ ./kmalloc/kmalloc

🧠 Terminology

• Arena: a self-contained indipendent memory allocator.
• Zone: pre-allocated contiguous pages for small or large allocations.
• Region: contiguous bytes that can be used for an allocation.
• Block: an region of the smallest allocation size inside a zone.
• Page run: 1+ contiguous pages within a zone.

ℹ️ Sources and References

• jemalloc paper
• jemalloc talk
• jemmaloc manual

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