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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Jack M. Bayt, Clovis, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jack M. Bayt, Clovis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to efficiently and effectively manage memory. A tri-linked list/tree of deallocated memory units available for use by a heap are used. A first link points to units smaller than a current block size, a second link points to units equal to the current block size, and a third link points to units larger than the current block size. When a request for memory is received, the tree is traversed to find a unit that satisfies the request and the appropriate unit in the free list is allocated.