quicklist是一个3.2版本之后新增的基础数据结构，是 redis 自定义的一种复杂数据结构，将ziplist和adlist结合到了一个数据结构中。主要是作为list的基础数据结构。
在3.2之前，list是根据元素数量的多少采用ziplist或者adlist作为基础数据结构，3.2之后统一改用quicklist，从数据结构的角度来说quicklist结合了两种数据结构的优缺点，复杂但是实用：
- 链表在插入，删除节点的时间复杂度很低；但是内存利用率低，且由于内存不连续容易产生内存碎片。
- 压缩表内存连续，存储效率高；但是插入和删除的成本太高，需要频繁的进行数据搬移、释放或申请内存。
而quicklist通过将每个压缩表用双向链表的方式连接起来，来寻求一种收益最大化。
/* Node, quicklist, and Iterator are the only data structures used currently. */
/* quicklistNode is a 32 byte struct describing a ziplist for a quicklist.
* We use bit fields keep the quicklistNode at 32 bytes.
* count: 16 bits, max 65536 (max zl bytes is 65k, so max count actually < 32k).
* encoding: 2 bits, RAW=1, LZF=2.
* container: 2 bits, NONE=1, ZIPLIST=2.
* recompress: 1 bit, bool, true if node is temporarry decompressed for usage.
* attempted_compress: 1 bit, boolean, used for verifying during testing.
* extra: 12 bits, free for future use; pads out the remainder of 32 bits */
typedef struct quicklistNode {
struct quicklistNode *prev;
struct quicklistNode *next;
unsigned char *zl;
unsigned int sz; /* ziplist size in bytes */
unsigned int count : 16; /* count of items in ziplist */
unsigned int encoding : 2; /* RAW==1 or LZF==2 */
unsigned int container : 2; /* NONE==1 or ZIPLIST==2 */
unsigned int recompress : 1; /* was this node previous compressed? */
unsigned int attempted_compress : 1; /* node can't compress; too small */
unsigned int extra : 10; /* more bits to steal for future usage */
} quicklistNode;
/* quicklistLZF is a 4+N byte struct holding 'sz' followed by 'compressed'.
* 'sz' is byte length of 'compressed' field.
* 'compressed' is LZF data with total (compressed) length 'sz'
* NOTE: uncompressed length is stored in quicklistNode->sz.
* When quicklistNode->zl is compressed, node->zl points to a quicklistLZF */
typedef struct quicklistLZF {
unsigned int sz; /* LZF size in bytes*/
char compressed[];
} quicklistLZF;
/* quicklist is a 32 byte struct (on 64-bit systems) describing a quicklist.
* 'count' is the number of total entries.
* 'len' is the number of quicklist nodes.
* 'compress' is: -1 if compression disabled, otherwise it's the number
* of quicklistNodes to leave uncompressed at ends of quicklist.
* 'fill' is the user-requested (or default) fill factor. */
typedef struct quicklist {
quicklistNode *head;
quicklistNode *tail;
unsigned long count; /* total count of all entries in all ziplists */
unsigned int len; /* number of quicklistNodes */
int fill : 16; /* fill factor for individual nodes */
unsigned int compress : 16; /* depth of end nodes not to compress;0=off */
} quicklist;