[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Use best-fit binary trie to make malloc logarithmic (PR #106259)

[Daniel Thornburgh via libc-commits]

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+//===-- Interface for freetrie --------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_FREETRIE_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_FREETRIE_H
+
+#include "freelist.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+/// A trie of free lists.
+
+class FreeTrie {
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mysterymath wrote:

You're right; this needed an introductory paragraph. DLMalloc has one, after all, and I kinda forgot how much I relied on that. Added a blurb about the what's and why's.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/106259