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From: d85-jmh@nada.kth.se (Jan-Olof Hendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Exec memory allocation
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.135502.933@kth.se>
Date: 28 Feb 91 13:55:02 GMT
Reply-To: d85-jmh@nada.kth.se (Jan-Olof Hendig)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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I have a few questions regarding how exec handles memory allocation.

1/ According to the 1.3 RKM exec maintains a linked list where all free regions in
   the system are listed. When the system gets more fragmented this list must grow in
   size. My question is simply this, how does exec allocate space for the list nodes
   in the free memory list? 

2/ What kind of allocation strategy does exec use? First fit? Best fit?

Thankful for answers to these stupid questions.

Jan-Olof Hendig (d85-jmh@nada.kth.se)