llist: replace Curl_llist_alloc with Curl_llist_init

No longer allocate the curl_llist head struct for lists separately.

Removes 17 (15%) tiny allocations in a normal "curl localhost" invoke.

closes #1381

18 files changed, 214 insertions, 310 deletions

diff --git a/lib/conncache.c b/lib/conncache.c
index 7143ff83a..0590ec631 100644
--- a/lib/conncache.c
+++ b/lib/conncache.c
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ static CURLcode bundle_create(struct Curl_easy *data,
   (*cb_ptr)->num_connections = 0;
   (*cb_ptr)->multiuse = BUNDLE_UNKNOWN;
 
-  (*cb_ptr)->conn_list = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) conn_llist_dtor);
-  if(!(*cb_ptr)->conn_list) {
-    Curl_safefree(*cb_ptr);
-    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_init(&(*cb_ptr)->conn_list, (curl_llist_dtor) conn_llist_dtor);
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
@@ -69,10 +65,8 @@ static void bundle_destroy(struct connectbundle *cb_ptr)
   if(!cb_ptr)
     return;
 
-  if(cb_ptr->conn_list) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(cb_ptr->conn_list, NULL);
-    cb_ptr->conn_list = NULL;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&cb_ptr->conn_list, NULL);
+
   free(cb_ptr);
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ static void bundle_destroy(struct connectbundle *cb_ptr)
 static CURLcode bundle_add_conn(struct connectbundle *cb_ptr,
                               struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(cb_ptr->conn_list, cb_ptr->conn_list->tail, conn))
+  if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(&cb_ptr->conn_list, cb_ptr->conn_list.tail, conn))
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
   conn->bundle = cb_ptr;
@@ -95,10 +89,10 @@ static int bundle_remove_conn(struct connectbundle *cb_ptr,
 {
   struct curl_llist_element *curr;
 
-  curr = cb_ptr->conn_list->head;
+  curr = cb_ptr->conn_list.head;
   while(curr) {
     if(curr->ptr == conn) {
-      Curl_llist_remove(cb_ptr->conn_list, curr, NULL);
+      Curl_llist_remove(&cb_ptr->conn_list, curr, NULL);
       cb_ptr->num_connections--;
       conn->bundle = NULL;
       return 1; /* we removed a handle */
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ void Curl_conncache_foreach(struct conncache *connc,
     bundle = he->ptr;
     he = Curl_hash_next_element(&iter);
 
-    curr = bundle->conn_list->head;
+    curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
     while(curr) {
       /* Yes, we need to update curr before calling func(), because func()
          might decide to remove the connection */
@@ -318,7 +312,7 @@ Curl_conncache_find_first_connection(struct conncache *connc)
     struct curl_llist_element *curr;
     bundle = he->ptr;
 
-    curr = bundle->conn_list->head;
+    curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
     if(curr) {
       return curr->ptr;
     }
diff --git a/lib/conncache.h b/lib/conncache.h
index b1dadf990..f976cfdb4 100644
--- a/lib/conncache.h
+++ b/lib/conncache.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2014, Linus Nielsen Feltzing, <linus@haxx.se>
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct conncache {
 struct connectbundle {
   int multiuse;                 /* supports multi-use */
   size_t num_connections;       /* Number of connections in the bundle */
-  struct curl_llist *conn_list; /* The connectdata members of the bundle */
+  struct curl_llist conn_list;  /* The connectdata members of the bundle */
 };
 
 int Curl_conncache_init(struct conncache *, int size);
diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 1001d4fb1..059bd2ac0 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -3900,7 +3900,7 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
       wildcard->state = CURLWC_CLEAN;
       return wc_statemach(conn);
     }
-    if(wildcard->filelist->size == 0) {
+    if(wildcard->filelist.size == 0) {
       /* no corresponding file */
       wildcard->state = CURLWC_CLEAN;
       return CURLE_REMOTE_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -3911,7 +3911,7 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
   case CURLWC_DOWNLOADING: {
     /* filelist has at least one file, lets get first one */
     struct ftp_conn *ftpc = &conn->proto.ftpc;
-    struct curl_fileinfo *finfo = wildcard->filelist->head->ptr;
+    struct curl_fileinfo *finfo = wildcard->filelist.head->ptr;
 
     char *tmp_path = aprintf("%s%s", wildcard->path, finfo->filename);
     if(!tmp_path)
@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
     infof(conn->data, "Wildcard - START of \"%s\"\n", finfo->filename);
     if(conn->data->set.chunk_bgn) {
       long userresponse = conn->data->set.chunk_bgn(
-          finfo, wildcard->customptr, (int)wildcard->filelist->size);
+        finfo, wildcard->customptr, (int)wildcard->filelist.size);
       switch(userresponse) {
       case CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_SKIP:
         infof(conn->data, "Wildcard - \"%s\" skipped by user\n",
@@ -3951,9 +3951,9 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
       return result;
 
     /* we don't need the Curl_fileinfo of first file anymore */
-    Curl_llist_remove(wildcard->filelist, wildcard->filelist->head, NULL);
+    Curl_llist_remove(&wildcard->filelist, wildcard->filelist.head, NULL);
 
-    if(wildcard->filelist->size == 0) { /* remains only one file to down. */
+    if(wildcard->filelist.size == 0) { /* remains only one file to down. */
       wildcard->state = CURLWC_CLEAN;
       /* after that will be ftp_do called once again and no transfer
          will be done because of CURLWC_CLEAN state */
@@ -3964,8 +3964,8 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
   case CURLWC_SKIP: {
     if(conn->data->set.chunk_end)
       conn->data->set.chunk_end(conn->data->wildcard.customptr);
-    Curl_llist_remove(wildcard->filelist, wildcard->filelist->head, NULL);
-    wildcard->state = (wildcard->filelist->size == 0) ?
+    Curl_llist_remove(&wildcard->filelist, wildcard->filelist.head, NULL);
+    wildcard->state = (wildcard->filelist.size == 0) ?
                       CURLWC_CLEAN : CURLWC_DOWNLOADING;
     return wc_statemach(conn);
   }
@@ -3981,6 +3981,7 @@ static CURLcode wc_statemach(struct connectdata *conn)
 
   case CURLWC_DONE:
   case CURLWC_ERROR:
+  case CURLWC_CLEAR:
     break;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/ftplistparser.c b/lib/ftplistparser.c
index 0c2e3e1a4..bc186805f 100644
--- a/lib/ftplistparser.c
+++ b/lib/ftplistparser.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_pl_insert_finfo(struct connectdata *conn,
   curl_fnmatch_callback compare;
   struct WildcardData *wc = &conn->data->wildcard;
   struct ftp_wc_tmpdata *tmpdata = wc->tmp;
-  struct curl_llist *llist = wc->filelist;
+  struct curl_llist *llist = &wc->filelist;
   struct ftp_parselist_data *parser = tmpdata->parser;
   bool add = TRUE;
 
diff --git a/lib/hash.c b/lib/hash.c
index c26be0118..c76bc1d95 100644
--- a/lib/hash.c
+++ b/lib/hash.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -74,21 +74,10 @@ Curl_hash_init(struct curl_hash *h,
   h->size = 0;
   h->slots = slots;
 
-  h->table = malloc(slots * sizeof(struct curl_llist *));
+  h->table = malloc(slots * sizeof(struct curl_llist));
   if(h->table) {
-    for(i = 0; i < slots; ++i) {
-      h->table[i] = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) hash_element_dtor);
-      if(!h->table[i]) {
-        while(i--) {
-          Curl_llist_destroy(h->table[i], NULL);
-          h->table[i] = NULL;
-        }
-        free(h->table);
-        h->table = NULL;
-        h->slots = 0;
-        return 1; /* failure */
-      }
-    }
+    for(i = 0; i < slots; ++i)
+      Curl_llist_init(&h->table[i], (curl_llist_dtor) hash_element_dtor);
     return 0; /* fine */
   }
   h->slots = 0;
@@ -119,7 +108,7 @@ mk_hash_element(const void *key, size_t key_len, const void *p)
   return he;
 }
 
-#define FETCH_LIST(x,y,z) x->table[x->hash_func(y, z, x->slots)]
+#define FETCH_LIST(x,y,z) &x->table[x->hash_func(y, z, x->slots)]
 
 /* Insert the data in the hash. If there already was a match in the hash,
  * that data is replaced.
@@ -241,8 +230,7 @@ Curl_hash_destroy(struct curl_hash *h)
   int i;
 
   for(i = 0; i < h->slots; ++i) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(h->table[i], (void *) h);
-    h->table[i] = NULL;
+    Curl_llist_destroy(&h->table[i], (void *) h);
   }
 
   Curl_safefree(h->table);
@@ -274,7 +262,7 @@ Curl_hash_clean_with_criterium(struct curl_hash *h, void *user,
     return;
 
   for(i = 0; i < h->slots; ++i) {
-    list = h->table[i];
+    list = &h->table[i];
     le = list->head; /* get first list entry */
     while(le) {
       struct curl_hash_element *he = le->ptr;
@@ -333,8 +321,8 @@ Curl_hash_next_element(struct curl_hash_iterator *iter)
   /* If we have reached the end of the list, find the next one */
   if(!iter->current_element) {
     for(i = iter->slot_index;i < h->slots;i++) {
-      if(h->table[i]->head) {
-        iter->current_element = h->table[i]->head;
+      if(h->table[i].head) {
+        iter->current_element = h->table[i].head;
         iter->slot_index = i+1;
         break;
       }
diff --git a/lib/hash.h b/lib/hash.h
index a5a6cac72..5929fc264 100644
--- a/lib/hash.h
+++ b/lib/hash.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef size_t (*comp_function) (void *key1,
 typedef void (*curl_hash_dtor)(void *);
 
 struct curl_hash {
-  struct curl_llist **table;
+  struct curl_llist *table;
 
   /* Hash function to be used for this hash table */
   hash_function hash_func;
diff --git a/lib/llist.c b/lib/llist.c
index 482aaa041..b8836bbcc 100644
--- a/lib/llist.c
+++ b/lib/llist.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 /*
  * @unittest: 1300
  */
-static void
-llist_init(struct curl_llist *l, curl_llist_dtor dtor)
+void
+Curl_llist_init(struct curl_llist *l, curl_llist_dtor dtor)
 {
   l->size = 0;
   l->dtor = dtor;
@@ -42,20 +42,6 @@ llist_init(struct curl_llist *l, curl_llist_dtor dtor)
   l->tail = NULL;
 }
 
-struct curl_llist *
-Curl_llist_alloc(curl_llist_dtor dtor)
-{
-  struct curl_llist *list;
-
-  list = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_llist));
-  if(!list)
-    return NULL;
-
-  llist_init(list, dtor);
-
-  return list;
-}
-
 /*
  * Curl_llist_insert_next()
  *
@@ -149,8 +135,6 @@ Curl_llist_destroy(struct curl_llist *list, void *user)
   if(list) {
     while(list->size > 0)
       Curl_llist_remove(list, list->tail, user);
-
-    free(list);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/llist.h b/lib/llist.h
index 39ff408ee..47935ad1f 100644
--- a/lib/llist.h
+++ b/lib/llist.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct curl_llist {
   size_t size;
 };
 
-struct curl_llist *Curl_llist_alloc(curl_llist_dtor);
+void Curl_llist_init(struct curl_llist *, curl_llist_dtor);
 int Curl_llist_insert_next(struct curl_llist *, struct curl_llist_element *,
                            const void *);
 int Curl_llist_remove(struct curl_llist *, struct curl_llist_element *,
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 47101376a..46286b77b 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int sh_init(struct curl_hash *hash, int hashsize)
 static CURLMcode multi_addmsg(struct Curl_multi *multi,
                               struct Curl_message *msg)
 {
-  if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(multi->msglist, multi->msglist->tail, msg))
+  if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(&multi->msglist, multi->msglist.tail, msg))
     return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
   return CURLM_OK;
@@ -316,13 +316,8 @@ struct Curl_multi *Curl_multi_handle(int hashsize, /* socket hash */
   if(Curl_conncache_init(&multi->conn_cache, chashsize))
     goto error;
 
-  multi->msglist = Curl_llist_alloc(multi_freeamsg);
-  if(!multi->msglist)
-    goto error;
-
-  multi->pending = Curl_llist_alloc(multi_freeamsg);
-  if(!multi->pending)
-    goto error;
+  Curl_llist_init(&multi->msglist, multi_freeamsg);
+  Curl_llist_init(&multi->pending, multi_freeamsg);
 
   /* allocate a new easy handle to use when closing cached connections */
   multi->closure_handle = curl_easy_init();
@@ -345,8 +340,8 @@ struct Curl_multi *Curl_multi_handle(int hashsize, /* socket hash */
   Curl_conncache_destroy(&multi->conn_cache);
   Curl_close(multi->closure_handle);
   multi->closure_handle = NULL;
-  Curl_llist_destroy(multi->msglist, NULL);
-  Curl_llist_destroy(multi->pending, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&multi->msglist, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&multi->pending, NULL);
 
   free(multi);
   return NULL;
@@ -361,8 +356,6 @@ struct Curl_multi *curl_multi_init(void)
 CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
                                 struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
-  struct curl_llist *timeoutlist;
-
   /* First, make some basic checks that the CURLM handle is a good handle */
   if(!GOOD_MULTI_HANDLE(multi))
     return CURLM_BAD_HANDLE;
@@ -376,10 +369,8 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
   if(data->multi)
     return CURLM_ADDED_ALREADY;
 
-  /* Allocate and initialize timeout list for easy handle */
-  timeoutlist = Curl_llist_alloc(multi_freetimeout);
-  if(!timeoutlist)
-    return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  /* Initialize timeout list for this handle */
+  Curl_llist_init(&data->state.timeoutlist, multi_freetimeout);
 
   /*
    * No failure allowed in this function beyond this point. And no
@@ -388,10 +379,6 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
    * function no matter what.
    */
 
-  /* Make easy handle use timeout list initialized above */
-  data->state.timeoutlist = timeoutlist;
-  timeoutlist = NULL;
-
   /* set the easy handle */
   multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_INIT);
 
@@ -580,7 +567,7 @@ static CURLcode multi_done(struct connectdata **connp,
       result = CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK;
   }
 
-  if(conn->send_pipe->size + conn->recv_pipe->size != 0 &&
+  if(conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size != 0 &&
      !data->set.reuse_forbid &&
      !conn->bits.close) {
     /* Stop if pipeline is not empty and we do not have to close
@@ -741,10 +728,7 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_remove_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
 
   /* destroy the timeout list that is held in the easy handle, do this *after*
      multi_done() as that may actually call Curl_expire that uses this */
-  if(data->state.timeoutlist) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(data->state.timeoutlist, NULL);
-    data->state.timeoutlist = NULL;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&data->state.timeoutlist, NULL);
 
   /* as this was using a shared connection cache we clear the pointer to that
      since we're not part of that multi handle anymore */
@@ -767,11 +751,11 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_remove_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
   /* make sure there's no pending message in the queue sent from this easy
      handle */
 
-  for(e = multi->msglist->head; e; e = e->next) {
+  for(e = multi->msglist.head; e; e = e->next) {
     struct Curl_message *msg = e->ptr;
 
     if(msg->extmsg.easy_handle == easy) {
-      Curl_llist_remove(multi->msglist, e, NULL);
+      Curl_llist_remove(&multi->msglist, e, NULL);
       /* there can only be one from this specific handle */
       break;
     }
@@ -1448,7 +1432,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
         multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_CONNECT_PEND);
 
         /* add this handle to the list of connect-pending handles */
-        if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(multi->pending, multi->pending->tail, data))
+        if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(&multi->pending, multi->pending.tail, data))
           result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
         else
           result = CURLE_OK;
@@ -1954,11 +1938,11 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
         Curl_posttransfer(data);
 
         /* we're no longer receiving */
-        Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
+        Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
 
         /* expire the new receiving pipeline head */
-        if(data->easy_conn->recv_pipe->head)
-          Curl_expire_latest(data->easy_conn->recv_pipe->head->ptr, 0);
+        if(data->easy_conn->recv_pipe.head)
+          Curl_expire_latest(data->easy_conn->recv_pipe.head->ptr, 0);
 
         /* Check if we can move pending requests to send pipe */
         Curl_multi_process_pending_handles(multi);
@@ -2023,7 +2007,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
         CURLcode res;
 
         /* Remove ourselves from the receive pipeline, if we are there. */
-        Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
+        Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
         /* Check if we can move pending requests to send pipe */
         Curl_multi_process_pending_handles(multi);
 
@@ -2099,8 +2083,8 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
           /* if this has a connection, unsubscribe from the pipelines */
           Curl_pipeline_leave_write(data->easy_conn);
           Curl_pipeline_leave_read(data->easy_conn);
-          Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, data->easy_conn->send_pipe);
-          Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
+          Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &data->easy_conn->send_pipe);
+          Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &data->easy_conn->recv_pipe);
 
           if(stream_error) {
             /* Don't attempt to send data over a connection that timed out */
@@ -2255,8 +2239,8 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 
     Curl_hash_destroy(&multi->sockhash);
     Curl_conncache_destroy(&multi->conn_cache);
-    Curl_llist_destroy(multi->msglist, NULL);
-    Curl_llist_destroy(multi->pending, NULL);
+    Curl_llist_destroy(&multi->msglist, NULL);
+    Curl_llist_destroy(&multi->pending, NULL);
 
     /* remove all easy handles */
     data = multi->easyp;
@@ -2307,19 +2291,19 @@ CURLMsg *curl_multi_info_read(struct Curl_multi *multi, int *msgs_in_queue)
 
   *msgs_in_queue = 0; /* default to none */
 
-  if(GOOD_MULTI_HANDLE(multi) && Curl_llist_count(multi->msglist)) {
+  if(GOOD_MULTI_HANDLE(multi) && Curl_llist_count(&multi->msglist)) {
     /* there is one or more messages in the list */
     struct curl_llist_element *e;
 
     /* extract the head of the list to return */
-    e = multi->msglist->head;
+    e = multi->msglist.head;
 
     msg = e->ptr;
 
     /* remove the extracted entry */
-    Curl_llist_remove(multi->msglist, e, NULL);
+    Curl_llist_remove(&multi->msglist, e, NULL);
 
-    *msgs_in_queue = curlx_uztosi(Curl_llist_count(multi->msglist));
+    *msgs_in_queue = curlx_uztosi(Curl_llist_count(&multi->msglist));
 
     return &msg->extmsg;
   }
@@ -2418,7 +2402,7 @@ static void singlesocket(struct Curl_multi *multi,
          removed. */
       struct connectdata *easy_conn = data->easy_conn;
       if(easy_conn) {
-        if(easy_conn->recv_pipe && easy_conn->recv_pipe->size > 1) {
+        if(easy_conn->recv_pipe.size > 1) {
           /* the handle should not be removed from the pipe yet */
           remove_sock_from_hash = FALSE;
 
@@ -2427,12 +2411,12 @@ static void singlesocket(struct Curl_multi *multi,
              isn't already) */
           if(entry->easy == data) {
             if(Curl_recvpipe_head(data, easy_conn))
-              entry->easy = easy_conn->recv_pipe->head->next->ptr;
+              entry->easy = easy_conn->recv_pipe.head->next->ptr;
             else
-              entry->easy = easy_conn->recv_pipe->head->ptr;
+              entry->easy = easy_conn->recv_pipe.head->ptr;
           }
         }
-        if(easy_conn->send_pipe  && easy_conn->send_pipe->size > 1) {
+        if(easy_conn->send_pipe.size > 1) {
           /* the handle should not be removed from the pipe yet */
           remove_sock_from_hash = FALSE;
 
@@ -2441,9 +2425,9 @@ static void singlesocket(struct Curl_multi *multi,
              isn't already) */
           if(entry->easy == data) {
             if(Curl_sendpipe_head(data, easy_conn))
-              entry->easy = easy_conn->send_pipe->head->next->ptr;
+              entry->easy = easy_conn->send_pipe.head->next->ptr;
             else
-              entry->easy = easy_conn->send_pipe->head->ptr;
+              entry->easy = easy_conn->send_pipe.head->ptr;
           }
         }
         /* Don't worry about overwriting recv_pipe head with send_pipe_head,
@@ -2518,7 +2502,7 @@ static CURLMcode add_next_timeout(struct timeval now,
                                   struct Curl_easy *d)
 {
   struct timeval *tv = &d->state.expiretime;
-  struct curl_llist *list = d->state.timeoutlist;
+  struct curl_llist *list = &d->state.timeoutlist;
   struct curl_llist_element *e;
 
   /* move over the timeout list for this specific handle and remove all
@@ -2609,13 +2593,11 @@ static CURLMcode multi_socket(struct Curl_multi *multi,
          head.  If we should read from the socket, take the recv_pipe head. */
       if(data->easy_conn) {
         if((ev_bitmask & CURL_POLL_OUT) &&
-           data->easy_conn->send_pipe &&
-           data->easy_conn->send_pipe->head)
-          data = data->easy_conn->send_pipe->head->ptr;
+           data->easy_conn->send_pipe.head)
+          data = data->easy_conn->send_pipe.head->ptr;
         else if((ev_bitmask & CURL_POLL_IN) &&
-                data->easy_conn->recv_pipe &&
-                data->easy_conn->recv_pipe->head)
-          data = data->easy_conn->recv_pipe->head->ptr;
+                data->easy_conn->recv_pipe.head)
+          data = data->easy_conn->recv_pipe.head->ptr;
       }
 
       if(data->easy_conn &&
@@ -2967,13 +2949,13 @@ void Curl_expire(struct Curl_easy *data, time_t milli)
     if(diff > 0) {
       /* the new expire time was later so just add it to the queue
          and get out */
-      multi_addtimeout(data->state.timeoutlist, &set);
+      multi_addtimeout(&data->state.timeoutlist, &set);
       return;
     }
 
     /* the new time is newer than the presently set one, so add the current
        to the queue and update the head */
-    multi_addtimeout(data->state.timeoutlist, nowp);
+    multi_addtimeout(&data->state.timeoutlist, nowp);
 
     /* Since this is an updated time, we must remove the previous entry from
        the splay tree first and then re-add the new value */
@@ -3050,7 +3032,7 @@ void Curl_expire_clear(struct Curl_easy *data)
   if(nowp->tv_sec || nowp->tv_usec) {
     /* Since this is an cleared time, we must remove the previous entry from
        the splay tree */
-    struct curl_llist *list = data->state.timeoutlist;
+    struct curl_llist *list = &data->state.timeoutlist;
 
     rc = Curl_splayremovebyaddr(multi->timetree,
                                 &data->state.timenode,
@@ -3110,17 +3092,17 @@ curl_off_t Curl_multi_chunk_length_penalty_size(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 
 struct curl_llist *Curl_multi_pipelining_site_bl(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 {
-  return multi->pipelining_site_bl;
+  return &multi->pipelining_site_bl;
 }
 
 struct curl_llist *Curl_multi_pipelining_server_bl(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 {
-  return multi->pipelining_server_bl;
+  return &multi->pipelining_server_bl;
 }
 
 void Curl_multi_process_pending_handles(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 {
-  struct curl_llist_element *e = multi->pending->head;
+  struct curl_llist_element *e = multi->pending.head;
 
   while(e) {
     struct Curl_easy *data = e->ptr;
@@ -3130,7 +3112,7 @@ void Curl_multi_process_pending_handles(struct Curl_multi *multi)
       multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_CONNECT);
 
       /* Remove this node from the list */
-      Curl_llist_remove(multi->pending, e, NULL);
+      Curl_llist_remove(&multi->pending, e, NULL);
 
       /* Make sure that the handle will be processed soonish. */
       Curl_expire_latest(data, 0);
diff --git a/lib/multihandle.h b/lib/multihandle.h
index 0b78de943..915b857fe 100644
--- a/lib/multihandle.h
+++ b/lib/multihandle.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ struct Curl_multi {
   int num_alive; /* amount of easy handles that are added but have not yet
                     reached COMPLETE state */
 
-  struct curl_llist *msglist; /* a list of messages from completed transfers */
+  struct curl_llist msglist; /* a list of messages from completed transfers */
 
-  struct curl_llist *pending; /* Curl_easys that are in the
-                                 CURLM_STATE_CONNECT_PEND state */
+  struct curl_llist pending; /* Curl_easys that are in the
+                                CURLM_STATE_CONNECT_PEND state */
 
   /* callback function and user data pointer for the *socket() API */
   curl_socket_callback socket_cb;
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ struct Curl_multi {
                                      bigger than this is not
                                      considered for pipelining */
 
-  struct curl_llist *pipelining_site_bl; /* List of sites that are blacklisted
-                                            from pipelining */
+  struct curl_llist pipelining_site_bl; /* List of sites that are blacklisted
+                                           from pipelining */
 
-  struct curl_llist *pipelining_server_bl; /* List of server types that are
-                                              blacklisted from pipelining */
+  struct curl_llist pipelining_server_bl; /* List of server types that are
+                                             blacklisted from pipelining */
 
   /* timer callback and user data pointer for the *socket() API */
   curl_multi_timer_callback timer_cb;
diff --git a/lib/pipeline.c b/lib/pipeline.c
index 40a5e82d8..4a14fddfe 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline.c
+++ b/lib/pipeline.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013, Linus Nielsen Feltzing, <linus@haxx.se>
- * Copyright (C) 2013-2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ bool Curl_pipeline_penalized(struct Curl_easy *data,
     curl_off_t recv_size = -2; /* Make it easy to spot in the log */
 
     /* Find the head of the recv pipe, if any */
-    if(conn->recv_pipe && conn->recv_pipe->head) {
-      struct Curl_easy *recv_handle = conn->recv_pipe->head->ptr;
+    if(conn->recv_pipe.head) {
+      struct Curl_easy *recv_handle = conn->recv_pipe.head->ptr;
 
       recv_size = recv_handle->req.size;
 
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ static CURLcode addHandleToPipeline(struct Curl_easy *data,
 CURLcode Curl_add_handle_to_pipeline(struct Curl_easy *handle,
                                      struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  struct curl_llist_element *sendhead = conn->send_pipe->head;
+  struct curl_llist_element *sendhead = conn->send_pipe.head;
   struct curl_llist *pipeline;
   CURLcode result;
 
-  pipeline = conn->send_pipe;
+  pipeline = &conn->send_pipe;
 
   result = addHandleToPipeline(handle, pipeline);
 
-  if(pipeline == conn->send_pipe && sendhead != conn->send_pipe->head) {
+  if(pipeline == &conn->send_pipe && sendhead != conn->send_pipe.head) {
     /* this is a new one as head, expire it */
     Curl_pipeline_leave_write(conn); /* not in use yet */
-    Curl_expire(conn->send_pipe->head->ptr, 0);
+    Curl_expire(conn->send_pipe.head->ptr, 0);
   }
 
 #if 0 /* enable for pipeline debugging */
@@ -135,21 +135,21 @@ void Curl_move_handle_from_send_to_recv_pipe(struct Curl_easy *handle,
 {
   struct curl_llist_element *curr;
 
-  curr = conn->send_pipe->head;
+  curr = conn->send_pipe.head;
   while(curr) {
     if(curr->ptr == handle) {
-      Curl_llist_move(conn->send_pipe, curr,
-                      conn->recv_pipe, conn->recv_pipe->tail);
+      Curl_llist_move(&conn->send_pipe, curr,
+                      &conn->recv_pipe, conn->recv_pipe.tail);
 
-      if(conn->send_pipe->head) {
+      if(conn->send_pipe.head) {
         /* Since there's a new easy handle at the start of the send pipeline,
            set its timeout value to 1ms to make it trigger instantly */
         Curl_pipeline_leave_write(conn); /* not used now */
 #ifdef DEBUGBUILD
         infof(conn->data, "%p is at send pipe head B!\n",
-              (void *)conn->send_pipe->head->ptr);
+              (void *)conn->send_pipe.head->ptr);
 #endif
-        Curl_expire(conn->send_pipe->head->ptr, 0);
+        Curl_expire(conn->send_pipe.head->ptr, 0);
       }
 
       /* The receiver's list is not really interesting here since either this
@@ -191,15 +191,14 @@ bool Curl_pipeline_site_blacklisted(struct Curl_easy *handle,
 }
 
 CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_site_blacklist(char **sites,
-                                           struct curl_llist **list_ptr)
+                                           struct curl_llist *list)
 {
-  struct curl_llist *old_list = *list_ptr;
-  struct curl_llist *new_list = NULL;
+  /* Free the old list */
+  if(list->size)
+    Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
 
   if(sites) {
-    new_list = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) site_blacklist_llist_dtor);
-    if(!new_list)
-      return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    Curl_llist_init(list, (curl_llist_dtor) site_blacklist_llist_dtor);
 
     /* Parse the URLs and populate the list */
     while(*sites) {
@@ -209,14 +208,14 @@ CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_site_blacklist(char **sites,
 
       hostname = strdup(*sites);
       if(!hostname) {
-        Curl_llist_destroy(new_list, NULL);
+        Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
         return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
 
       entry = malloc(sizeof(struct site_blacklist_entry));
       if(!entry) {
         free(hostname);
-        Curl_llist_destroy(new_list, NULL);
+        Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
         return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
 
@@ -233,9 +232,9 @@ CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_site_blacklist(char **sites,
 
       entry->hostname = hostname;
 
-      if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(new_list, new_list->tail, entry)) {
+      if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(list, list->tail, entry)) {
         site_blacklist_llist_dtor(NULL, entry);
-        Curl_llist_destroy(new_list, NULL);
+        Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
         return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
 
@@ -243,14 +242,6 @@ CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_site_blacklist(char **sites,
     }
   }
 
-  /* Free the old list */
-  if(old_list) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(old_list, NULL);
-  }
-
-  /* This might be NULL if sites == NULL, i.e the blacklist is cleared */
-  *list_ptr = new_list;
-
   return CURLM_OK;
 }
 
@@ -284,15 +275,14 @@ bool Curl_pipeline_server_blacklisted(struct Curl_easy *handle,
 }
 
 CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_server_blacklist(char **servers,
-                                             struct curl_llist **list_ptr)
+                                             struct curl_llist *list)
 {
-  struct curl_llist *old_list = *list_ptr;
-  struct curl_llist *new_list = NULL;
+  /* Free the old list */
+  if(list->size)
+    Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
 
   if(servers) {
-    new_list = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) server_blacklist_llist_dtor);
-    if(!new_list)
-      return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    Curl_llist_init(list, (curl_llist_dtor) server_blacklist_llist_dtor);
 
     /* Parse the URLs and populate the list */
     while(*servers) {
@@ -300,12 +290,12 @@ CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_server_blacklist(char **servers,
 
       server_name = strdup(*servers);
       if(!server_name) {
-        Curl_llist_destroy(new_list, NULL);
+        Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
         return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
 
-      if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(new_list, new_list->tail, server_name)) {
-        Curl_llist_destroy(new_list, NULL);
+      if(!Curl_llist_insert_next(list, list->tail, server_name)) {
+        Curl_llist_destroy(list, NULL);
         Curl_safefree(server_name);
         return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
@@ -314,13 +304,6 @@ CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_server_blacklist(char **servers,
     }
   }
 
-  /* Free the old list */
-  if(old_list) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(old_list, NULL);
-  }
-
-  /* This might be NULL if sites == NULL, i.e the blacklist is cleared */
-  *list_ptr = new_list;
 
   return CURLM_OK;
 }
@@ -340,14 +323,14 @@ static bool pipe_head(struct Curl_easy *data,
 bool Curl_recvpipe_head(struct Curl_easy *data,
                         struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  return pipe_head(data, conn->recv_pipe);
+  return pipe_head(data, &conn->recv_pipe);
 }
 
 /* returns TRUE if the given handle is head of the send pipe */
 bool Curl_sendpipe_head(struct Curl_easy *data,
                         struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  return pipe_head(data, conn->send_pipe);
+  return pipe_head(data, &conn->send_pipe);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/pipeline.h b/lib/pipeline.h
index a64f71025..413ba31a0 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline.h
+++ b/lib/pipeline.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  * Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014, Linus Nielsen Feltzing, <linus@haxx.se>
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ bool Curl_pipeline_site_blacklisted(struct Curl_easy *handle,
                                     struct connectdata *conn);
 
 CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_site_blacklist(char **sites,
-                                           struct curl_llist **list_ptr);
+                                           struct curl_llist *list_ptr);
 
 bool Curl_pipeline_server_blacklisted(struct Curl_easy *handle,
                                       char *server_name);
 
 CURLMcode Curl_pipeline_set_server_blacklist(char **servers,
-                                             struct curl_llist **list_ptr);
+                                             struct curl_llist *list_ptr);
 
 bool Curl_pipeline_checkget_write(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                   struct connectdata *conn);
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 38a049956..1f6d26d7f 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -1356,13 +1356,12 @@ CURLcode Curl_pretransfer(struct Curl_easy *data)
 
     if(data->set.wildcardmatch) {
       struct WildcardData *wc = &data->wildcard;
-      if(!wc->filelist) {
+      if(wc->state < CURLWC_INIT) {
         result = Curl_wildcard_init(wc); /* init wildcard structures */
         if(result)
           return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
     }
-
   }
 
   return result;
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 01e02de54..33ba783fc 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -411,10 +411,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_close(struct Curl_easy *data)
   /* Destroy the timeout list that is held in the easy handle. It is
      /normally/ done by curl_multi_remove_handle() but this is "just in
      case" */
-  if(data->state.timeoutlist) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(data->state.timeoutlist, NULL);
-    data->state.timeoutlist = NULL;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&data->state.timeoutlist, NULL);
 
   data->magic = 0; /* force a clear AFTER the possibly enforced removal from
                       the multi handle, since that function uses the magic
@@ -672,9 +669,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_open(struct Curl_easy **curl)
 
     data->progress.flags |= PGRS_HIDE;
     data->state.current_speed = -1; /* init to negative == impossible */
-
-    data->wildcard.state = CURLWC_INIT;
-    data->wildcard.filelist = NULL;
     data->set.fnmatch = ZERO_NULL;
     data->set.maxconnects = DEFAULT_CONNCACHE_SIZE; /* for easy handles */
 
@@ -3001,11 +2995,8 @@ static void conn_free(struct connectdata *conn)
 
   conn_reset_all_postponed_data(conn);
 
-  Curl_llist_destroy(conn->send_pipe, NULL);
-  Curl_llist_destroy(conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
-
-  conn->send_pipe = NULL;
-  conn->recv_pipe = NULL;
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->send_pipe, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
 
   Curl_safefree(conn->localdev);
   Curl_free_primary_ssl_config(&conn->ssl_config);
@@ -3045,9 +3036,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_disconnect(struct connectdata *conn, bool dead_connection)
    * are other users of it
    */
   if(!conn->bits.close &&
-     (conn->send_pipe->size + conn->recv_pipe->size)) {
+     (conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size)) {
     DEBUGF(infof(data, "Curl_disconnect, usecounter: %d\n",
-                 conn->send_pipe->size + conn->recv_pipe->size));
+                 conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size));
     return CURLE_OK;
   }
 
@@ -3080,8 +3071,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_disconnect(struct connectdata *conn, bool dead_connection)
 
   /* Indicate to all handles on the pipe that we're dead */
   if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(data->multi, CURLPIPE_ANY)) {
-    signalPipeClose(conn->send_pipe, TRUE);
-    signalPipeClose(conn->recv_pipe, TRUE);
+    signalPipeClose(&conn->send_pipe, TRUE);
+    signalPipeClose(&conn->recv_pipe, TRUE);
   }
 
   conn_free(conn);
@@ -3186,9 +3177,9 @@ void Curl_getoff_all_pipelines(struct Curl_easy *data,
   bool send_head = (conn->writechannel_inuse &&
                     Curl_sendpipe_head(data, conn));
 
-  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, conn->recv_pipe) && recv_head)
+  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &conn->recv_pipe) && recv_head)
     Curl_pipeline_leave_read(conn);
-  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, conn->send_pipe) && send_head)
+  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &conn->send_pipe) && send_head)
     Curl_pipeline_leave_write(conn);
 }
 
@@ -3249,7 +3240,7 @@ Curl_oldest_idle_connection(struct Curl_easy *data)
 
     bundle = he->ptr;
 
-    curr = bundle->conn_list->head;
+    curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
     while(curr) {
       conn = curr->ptr;
 
@@ -3306,7 +3297,7 @@ find_oldest_idle_connection_in_bundle(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   now = Curl_tvnow();
 
-  curr = bundle->conn_list->head;
+  curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
   while(curr) {
     conn = curr->ptr;
 
@@ -3334,7 +3325,7 @@ find_oldest_idle_connection_in_bundle(struct Curl_easy *data,
 static bool disconnect_if_dead(struct connectdata *conn,
                                struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
-  size_t pipeLen = conn->send_pipe->size + conn->recv_pipe->size;
+  size_t pipeLen = conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size;
   if(!pipeLen && !conn->inuse) {
     /* The check for a dead socket makes sense only if there are no
        handles in pipeline and the connection isn't already marked in
@@ -3481,7 +3472,7 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
       }
     }
 
-    curr = bundle->conn_list->head;
+    curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
     while(curr) {
       bool match = FALSE;
       size_t pipeLen;
@@ -3496,7 +3487,7 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
       if(disconnect_if_dead(check, data))
         continue;
 
-      pipeLen = check->send_pipe->size + check->recv_pipe->size;
+      pipeLen = check->send_pipe.size + check->recv_pipe.size;
 
       if(canPipeline) {
         if(check->bits.protoconnstart && check->bits.close)
@@ -3504,8 +3495,8 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
         if(!check->bits.multiplex) {
           /* If not multiplexing, make sure the pipe has only GET requests */
-          struct Curl_easy* sh = gethandleathead(check->send_pipe);
-          struct Curl_easy* rh = gethandleathead(check->recv_pipe);
+          struct Curl_easy* sh = gethandleathead(&check->send_pipe);
+          struct Curl_easy* rh = gethandleathead(&check->recv_pipe);
           if(sh) {
             if(!IsPipeliningPossible(sh, check))
               continue;
@@ -3543,7 +3534,7 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
           infof(data, "Connection #%ld isn't open enough, can't reuse\n",
                 check->connection_id);
 #ifdef DEBUGBUILD
-          if(check->recv_pipe->size > 0) {
+          if(check->recv_pipe.size > 0) {
             infof(data,
                   "BAD! Unconnected #%ld has a non-empty recv pipeline!\n",
                   check->connection_id);
@@ -4217,10 +4208,8 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
   }
 
   /* Initialize the pipeline lists */
-  conn->send_pipe = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);
-  conn->recv_pipe = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);
-  if(!conn->send_pipe || !conn->recv_pipe)
-    goto error;
+  Curl_llist_init(&conn->send_pipe, (curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);
+  Curl_llist_init(&conn->recv_pipe, (curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GSSAPI
   conn->data_prot = PROT_CLEAR;
@@ -4243,11 +4232,8 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
   return conn;
   error:
 
-  Curl_llist_destroy(conn->send_pipe, NULL);
-  Curl_llist_destroy(conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
-
-  conn->send_pipe = NULL;
-  conn->recv_pipe = NULL;
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->send_pipe, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
 
   free(conn->master_buffer);
   free(conn->localdev);
@@ -6242,11 +6228,8 @@ static void reuse_conn(struct connectdata *old_conn,
   Curl_safefree(old_conn->socks_proxy.passwd);
   Curl_safefree(old_conn->localdev);
 
-  Curl_llist_destroy(old_conn->send_pipe, NULL);
-  Curl_llist_destroy(old_conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
-
-  old_conn->send_pipe = NULL;
-  old_conn->recv_pipe = NULL;
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&old_conn->send_pipe, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&old_conn->recv_pipe, NULL);
 
   Curl_safefree(old_conn->master_buffer);
 
@@ -6645,7 +6628,7 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct Curl_easy *data,
   /* If we found a reusable connection, we may still want to
      open a new connection if we are pipelining. */
   if(reuse && !force_reuse && IsPipeliningPossible(data, conn_temp)) {
-    size_t pipelen = conn_temp->send_pipe->size + conn_temp->recv_pipe->size;
+    size_t pipelen = conn_temp->send_pipe.size + conn_temp->recv_pipe.size;
     if(pipelen > 0) {
       infof(data, "Found connection %ld, with requests in the pipe (%zu)\n",
             conn_temp->connection_id, pipelen);
@@ -6913,7 +6896,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connect(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   if(!result) {
     /* no error */
-    if((*in_connect)->send_pipe->size || (*in_connect)->recv_pipe->size)
+    if((*in_connect)->send_pipe.size || (*in_connect)->recv_pipe.size)
       /* pipelining */
       *protocol_done = TRUE;
     else if(!*asyncp) {
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 9b3849117..fa6d4e0fc 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -1058,10 +1058,10 @@ struct connectdata {
                               handle */
   bool writechannel_inuse; /* whether the write channel is in use by an easy
                               handle */
-  struct curl_llist *send_pipe; /* List of handles waiting to
-                                   send on this pipeline */
-  struct curl_llist *recv_pipe; /* List of handles waiting to read
-                                   their responses on this pipeline */
+  struct curl_llist send_pipe; /* List of handles waiting to send on this
+                                  pipeline */
+  struct curl_llist recv_pipe; /* List of handles waiting to read their
+                                  responses on this pipeline */
   char *master_buffer; /* The master buffer allocated on-demand;
                           used for pipelining. */
   size_t read_pos; /* Current read position in the master buffer */
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ struct UrlState {
 #endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
   struct timeval expiretime; /* set this with Curl_expire() only */
   struct Curl_tree timenode; /* for the splay stuff */
-  struct curl_llist *timeoutlist; /* list of pending timeouts */
+  struct curl_llist timeoutlist; /* list of pending timeouts */
 
   /* a place to store the most recently set FTP entrypath */
   char *most_recent_ftp_entrypath;
diff --git a/lib/wildcard.c b/lib/wildcard.c
index dbbe45f6f..af45c79bd 100644
--- a/lib/wildcard.c
+++ b/lib/wildcard.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@
 
 CURLcode Curl_wildcard_init(struct WildcardData *wc)
 {
-  DEBUGASSERT(wc->filelist == NULL);
-  /* now allocate only wc->filelist, everything else
-     will be allocated if it is needed. */
-  wc->filelist = Curl_llist_alloc(Curl_fileinfo_dtor);
-  if(!wc->filelist) {;
-    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_init(&wc->filelist, Curl_fileinfo_dtor);
+  wc->state = CURLWC_INIT;
+
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
@@ -54,10 +50,8 @@ void Curl_wildcard_dtor(struct WildcardData *wc)
   }
   DEBUGASSERT(wc->tmp == NULL);
 
-  if(wc->filelist) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(wc->filelist, NULL);
-    wc->filelist = NULL;
-  }
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&wc->filelist, NULL);
+
 
   free(wc->path);
   wc->path = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/wildcard.h b/lib/wildcard.h
index 7f61cd173..8a5e4b769 100644
--- a/lib/wildcard.h
+++ b/lib/wildcard.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
+#include "llist.h"
+
 /* list of wildcard process states */
 typedef enum {
-  CURLWC_INIT = 0,
+  CURLWC_CLEAR = 0,
+  CURLWC_INIT = 1,
   CURLWC_MATCHING, /* library is trying to get list of addresses for
                       downloading */
   CURLWC_DOWNLOADING,
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ struct WildcardData {
   curl_wildcard_states state;
   char *path; /* path to the directory, where we trying wildcard-match */
   char *pattern; /* wildcard pattern */
-  struct curl_llist *filelist; /* llist with struct Curl_fileinfo */
+  struct curl_llist filelist; /* llist with struct Curl_fileinfo */
   void *tmp; /* pointer to protocol specific temporary data */
   curl_wildcard_tmp_dtor tmp_dtor;
   void *customptr;  /* for CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA pointer */
diff --git a/tests/unit/unit1300.c b/tests/unit/unit1300.c
index d90f7da0c..dec81e623 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unit1300.c
+++ b/tests/unit/unit1300.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 #include "llist.h"
 
-static struct curl_llist *llist;
+static struct curl_llist llist;
 
-static struct curl_llist *llist_destination;
+static struct curl_llist llist_destination;
 
 static void test_curl_llist_dtor(void *key, void *value)
 {
@@ -36,22 +36,15 @@ static void test_curl_llist_dtor(void *key, void *value)
 
 static CURLcode unit_setup(void)
 {
-  llist = Curl_llist_alloc(test_curl_llist_dtor);
-  if(!llist)
-    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-  llist_destination = Curl_llist_alloc(test_curl_llist_dtor);
-  if(!llist_destination) {
-    Curl_llist_destroy(llist, NULL);
-    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-  }
-
+  Curl_llist_init(&llist, test_curl_llist_dtor);
+  Curl_llist_init(&llist_destination, test_curl_llist_dtor);
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
 static void unit_stop(void)
 {
-  Curl_llist_destroy(llist, NULL);
-  Curl_llist_destroy(llist_destination, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&llist, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_destroy(&llist_destination, NULL);
 }
 
 UNITTEST_START
@@ -62,7 +55,7 @@ UNITTEST_START
   struct curl_llist_element *element_next;
   struct curl_llist_element *element_prev;
   struct curl_llist_element *to_remove;
-  size_t llist_size = Curl_llist_count(llist);
+  size_t llist_size = Curl_llist_count(&llist);
   int curlErrCode = 0;
 
   /**
@@ -76,10 +69,10 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 4: list dtor will be NULL
   */
 
-  fail_unless(llist->size == 0, "list initial size should be zero");
-  fail_unless(llist->head == NULL, "list head should initiate to NULL");
-  fail_unless(llist->tail == NULL, "list tail should intiate to NULL");
-  fail_unless(llist->dtor == test_curl_llist_dtor,
+  fail_unless(llist.size == 0, "list initial size should be zero");
+  fail_unless(llist.head == NULL, "list head should initiate to NULL");
+  fail_unless(llist.tail == NULL, "list tail should intiate to NULL");
+  fail_unless(llist.dtor == test_curl_llist_dtor,
                "list dtor shold initiate to test_curl_llist_dtor");
 
   /**
@@ -92,15 +85,15 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 3: list tail will be the same as list head
    */
 
-  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(llist, llist->head, &unusedData_case1);
+  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(&llist, llist.head, &unusedData_case1);
   if(curlErrCode == 1) {
-    fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist) == 1,
+    fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist) == 1,
                  "List size should be 1 after adding a new element");
     /*test that the list head data holds my unusedData */
-    fail_unless(llist->head->ptr == &unusedData_case1,
+    fail_unless(llist.head->ptr == &unusedData_case1,
                  "List size should be 1 after adding a new element");
     /*same goes for the list tail */
-    fail_unless(llist->tail == llist->head,
+    fail_unless(llist.tail == llist.head,
                  "List size should be 1 after adding a new element");
 
     /**
@@ -112,12 +105,12 @@ UNITTEST_START
      * 2: the list tail should be our newly created element
      */
 
-    curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(llist, llist->head,
+    curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(&llist, llist.head,
                                          &unusedData_case3);
     if(curlErrCode == 1) {
-      fail_unless(llist->head->next->ptr == &unusedData_case3,
+      fail_unless(llist.head->next->ptr == &unusedData_case3,
                   "the node next to head is not getting set correctly");
-      fail_unless(llist->tail->ptr == &unusedData_case3,
+      fail_unless(llist.tail->ptr == &unusedData_case3,
                   "the list tail is not getting set correctly");
     }
     else {
@@ -134,13 +127,13 @@ UNITTEST_START
      * 2: the list tail should different from newly created element
      */
 
-    curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(llist, llist->head,
+    curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(&llist, llist.head,
                                          &unusedData_case2);
     if(curlErrCode == 1) {
-      fail_unless(llist->head->next->ptr == &unusedData_case2,
+      fail_unless(llist.head->next->ptr == &unusedData_case2,
                   "the node next to head is not getting set correctly");
       /* better safe than sorry, check that the tail isn't corrupted */
-      fail_unless(llist->tail->ptr != &unusedData_case2,
+      fail_unless(llist.tail->ptr != &unusedData_case2,
                   "the list tail is not getting set correctly");
     }
     else {
@@ -165,19 +158,19 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 3: "new" head's previous will be NULL
    */
 
-  head=llist->head;
-  abort_unless(head, "llist->head is NULL");
+  head=llist.head;
+  abort_unless(head, "llist.head is NULL");
   element_next = head->next;
-  llist_size = Curl_llist_count(llist);
+  llist_size = Curl_llist_count(&llist);
 
-  Curl_llist_remove(llist, llist->head, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_remove(&llist, llist.head, NULL);
 
-  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist) ==  (llist_size-1),
+  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist) ==  (llist_size-1),
                "llist size not decremented as expected");
-  fail_unless(llist->head == element_next,
+  fail_unless(llist.head == element_next,
                "llist new head not modified properly");
-  abort_unless(llist->head, "llist->head is NULL");
-  fail_unless(llist->head->prev == NULL,
+  abort_unless(llist.head, "llist.head is NULL");
+  fail_unless(llist.head->prev == NULL,
               "new head previous not set to null");
 
   /**
@@ -190,13 +183,13 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 2: element->previous->next will be element->next
    * 3: element->next->previous will be element->previous
    */
-  Curl_llist_insert_next(llist, llist->head, &unusedData_case3);
-  llist_size = Curl_llist_count(llist);
-  to_remove = llist->head->next;
+  Curl_llist_insert_next(&llist, llist.head, &unusedData_case3);
+  llist_size = Curl_llist_count(&llist);
+  to_remove = llist.head->next;
   abort_unless(to_remove, "to_remove is NULL");
   element_next = to_remove->next;
   element_prev = to_remove->prev;
-  Curl_llist_remove(llist, to_remove, NULL);
+  Curl_llist_remove(&llist, to_remove, NULL);
   fail_unless(element_prev->next == element_next,
               "element previous->next is not being adjusted");
   abort_unless(element_next, "element_next is NULL");
@@ -213,10 +206,10 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 4: list->tail will be tail->previous
    */
 
-  to_remove = llist->tail;
+  to_remove = llist.tail;
   element_prev = to_remove->prev;
-  Curl_llist_remove(llist, to_remove, NULL);
-  fail_unless(llist->tail == element_prev,
+  Curl_llist_remove(&llist, to_remove, NULL);
+  fail_unless(llist.tail == element_prev,
               "llist tail is not being adjusted when removing tail");
 
   /**
@@ -228,11 +221,11 @@ UNITTEST_START
    * 3: list tail will be null
    */
 
-  to_remove = llist->head;
-  Curl_llist_remove(llist, to_remove, NULL);
-  fail_unless(llist->head == NULL,
+  to_remove = llist.head;
+  Curl_llist_remove(&llist, to_remove, NULL);
+  fail_unless(llist.head == NULL,
               "llist head is not NULL while the llist is empty");
-  fail_unless(llist->tail == NULL,
+  fail_unless(llist.tail == NULL,
               "llist tail is not NULL while the llist is empty");
 
   /* @testing Curl_llist_move(struct curl_llist *,
@@ -255,36 +248,36 @@ UNITTEST_START
   * add one element to the list
   */
 
-  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(llist, llist->head, &unusedData_case1);
+  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_insert_next(&llist, llist.head, &unusedData_case1);
   /* necessary assertions */
 
   abort_unless(curlErrCode == 1,
   "Curl_llist_insert_next returned an error, Can't move on with test");
-  abort_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist) == 1,
+  abort_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist) == 1,
   "Number of list elements is not as expected, Aborting");
-  abort_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist_destination) == 0,
+  abort_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist_destination) == 0,
   "Number of list elements is not as expected, Aborting");
 
   /*actual testing code*/
-  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_move(llist, llist->head, llist_destination, NULL);
+  curlErrCode = Curl_llist_move(&llist, llist.head, &llist_destination, NULL);
   abort_unless(curlErrCode == 1,
   "Curl_llist_move returned an error, Can't move on with test");
-  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist) == 0,
+  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist) == 0,
       "moving element from llist didn't decrement the size");
 
-  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(llist_destination) == 1,
+  fail_unless(Curl_llist_count(&llist_destination) == 1,
         "moving element to llist_destination didn't increment the size");
 
-  fail_unless(llist->head == NULL,
+  fail_unless(llist.head == NULL,
       "llist head not set to null after moving the head");
 
-  fail_unless(llist_destination->head != NULL,
+  fail_unless(llist_destination.head != NULL,
         "llist_destination head set to null after moving an element");
 
-  fail_unless(llist_destination->tail != NULL,
+  fail_unless(llist_destination.tail != NULL,
           "llist_destination tail set to null after moving an element");
 
-  fail_unless(llist_destination->tail == llist_destination->tail,
+  fail_unless(llist_destination.tail == llist_destination.tail,
             "llist_destination tail doesn't equal llist_destination head");