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# The Memory Manager
The manager will init it self if there is no blocks, the manager is model after a double LinkedList and not a List.
The manager will init itself if there are no blocks. The manager is modeled after a double LinkedList and is not a List.
# Memory Layout
The layout has not preset list or table but rather every item has meta data linking the next and previous item this allows for a robust system.
The layout does not have a preset list or table but rather every item has meta data linking the next and previous item. This allows for a robust system.
The data layout looks as follow :
The data layout is as follows:
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Block|Block|Block etc.
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Note:
this means the smallest size an Block can occupy is 17 bytes, 16 bytes for the header and 1 for the smallest data type a byte.
# How this system is used.
# Usage
### Allocation
Adding an Block is easy, you simply find the first free block using compare exchange and split it.
Adding an Block is easy, you simply find the first free block using compare/exchange(x86 opcode-CMPXCHG) and split it.
## Deallocation (free)
Freeing a block is easy set its flag(in meta data) to Free
## Deallocation
Freeing a block is easy set its flag(in the metadata) to free.