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A modification of the free-list approach is to store the addresses of
free blocks in the first free block.
The first
of these blocks are actually free. The last block contains the addresses of another
free blocks, and so on.
The addresses of a large number of free blocks can now be found quickly, unlike the situation when the standard linked-list approach is used.
Cem Ozdogan 2010-05-25
free blocks in the first free block.
of these blocks are actually free. The last block contains the addresses of another free blocks, and so on.