An algorithm for locating adjacent storage blocks in the buddy system

Authors:
James A. Hinds
Affiliations:
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1975

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Abstract

A simple scheme for the determination of the location of a block of storage relative to other blocks is described. This scheme is applicable to the buddy type storage allocation systems.