From 5ba7a73f97fe6880dc5328807a1cb9353e77b863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Vanbesien <tvanbesi@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:45:06 +0100
Subject: Implement free and add testing notes to README

free now locates the chunk matching the pointer, marks it as
free for TINY/SMALL zones, and munmaps LARGE allocations.
Document why ASan is incompatible and list alternatives.
---
 src/free.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/free.c b/src/free.c
index 22c3faa..0e64b51 100644
--- a/src/free.c
+++ b/src/free.c
@@ -1,14 +1,67 @@
 /**
  * @file   free.c
- * @brief  Stub implementation of free.
+ * @brief  free implementation.
  */
 
-#include "libft.h"
 #include "malloc.h"
+#include "malloc_internal.h"
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+static t_chunk *
+_s_find_chunk (t_zone *zone, void *ptr)
+{
+  t_chunk *chunk;
+
+  while (zone)
+    {
+      chunk = (t_chunk *)((char *)zone + ALIGN (sizeof (t_zone)));
+      while (chunk)
+        {
+          if ((char *)chunk + ALIGN (sizeof (t_chunk)) == ptr)
+            return (chunk);
+          chunk = chunk->next;
+        }
+      zone = zone->next;
+    }
+  return (NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+_s_unlink_zone (t_zone **zone_list, t_zone *zone)
+{
+  t_zone *prev;
+
+  if (*zone_list == zone)
+    {
+      *zone_list = zone->next;
+      return;
+    }
+  prev = *zone_list;
+  while (prev && prev->next != zone)
+    prev = prev->next;
+  if (prev)
+    prev->next = zone->next;
+}
 
 void
 free (void *ptr)
 {
-  (void)ptr;
-  ft_putendl_fd ("FREE", 1);
+  t_chunk *chunk;
+  t_zone *zone;
+
+  if (!ptr)
+    return;
+  chunk = _s_find_chunk (g_heap.large, ptr);
+  if (chunk)
+    {
+      zone = (t_zone *)((char *)chunk - ALIGN (sizeof (t_zone)));
+      _s_unlink_zone (&g_heap.large, zone);
+      munmap (zone, zone->size);
+      return;
+    }
+  chunk = _s_find_chunk (g_heap.tiny, ptr);
+  if (!chunk)
+    chunk = _s_find_chunk (g_heap.small, ptr);
+  if (chunk)
+    chunk->is_free = 1;
 }
-- 
cgit v1.2.3