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The Linux kernel cannot be linked to any external library. So kernel developers had to internally implement some utilities for the managing of data structures like linked lists, hash tables and trees. Furthermore they needed to re-implement light versions of some widely used C library functions like those that deal with strings (strcpy, strcat, et al) and with raw memory (memcpy, memset and the like).

[:FAQ/LinkedLists:Linked Lists]
Hash Tables
Radix Trees
Red-Black Trees

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-The Linux kernel cannot be linked to any external library. So kernel developers had to internally implement some widely used containers like linked lists and some functions like the C library ones for dealing with strings (strcpy and the like) in order to provide consistent utilities for managing all its complex data.
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The Linux kernel cannot be linked to any external library. So kernel developers had to internally implement some utilities for the managing of data structures like linked lists, hash tables and trees. Furthermore they needed to re-implement light versions of some widely used C library functions like those that deal with strings (strcpy, strcat, et al) and with raw memory (memcpy, memset and the like).
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 1. Radix Trees
 1. Red-Black Trees