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Function Specification: mm_free

      void mm_free(void *bp)
      
      param: bp - pointer to a block that was previously
              allocated 
      Description: Marks this block as free. Calls coalesce to
              merge with adjacent free blocks if any, then inserts the
              returned (possibly larger) free block into the linked
              list (or tree) of free blocks.
   


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