Feedback for a malloc implementation

Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Date	2016-07-16 17:45 -0700
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Subject	Feedback for a malloc implementation
From	Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com>

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Hello,

I have written a new implementation of malloc() and free() and sibling APIs after studying dlmalloc and other prior art.

I have written it with the goals:

1. Easy to read and maintain.
2. Be more memory conserving.
3. High efficiency and good performance.
4. Portability.

I have a (I believe) working version with some tests and documentation and am hoping for some feedback on design and implementation as well as any other constructive feedback.

Link to source:
https://github.com/akalsi87/akmalloc

Link to documentation:
https://rawgit.com/akalsi87/akmalloc/1.0.1/_layouts/index.html

The library is modeled close to dlmalloc because of its customizability but in doing so I have tried to not obfuscate too much with macros.

Aaditya

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Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 17:45 -0700
  Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 12:22 +0530
    Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 17:58 +0530
      Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-17 13:40 +0100
        Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 23:06 +0530
          Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 13:40 -0700
  Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-17 00:30 -0700
    Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-17 10:54 +0100
      Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 04:36 -0700
    Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 04:31 -0700
      Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-17 11:40 -0700
        Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 13:41 -0700
  Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 07:02 -0700
    Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-17 20:38 +0100
      Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 13:44 -0700
        Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-17 22:19 +0100
          Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 18:08 -0700
    Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-18 09:40 -0700
      Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 10:48 -0700
        Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-20 08:45 -0700
          Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-20 09:28 -0700
            Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-21 18:25 -0700
              Re: Feedback for a malloc implementation Aaditya Kalsi <aadityakalsi@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 16:52 -0700

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