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diff --git a/malloc/mtrace.c b/malloc/mtrace.c
index aeefd5600e..54c9dfffbd 100644
--- a/malloc/mtrace.c
+++ b/malloc/mtrace.c
@@ -193,6 +193,23 @@ tr_reallochook (ptr, size, caller)
return hdr;
}
+
+#ifdef _LIBC
+extern void __libc_freeres (void);
+
+/* This function gets called to make sure all memory the library
+ allocates get freed and so does not irritate the user when studying
+ the mtrace output. */
+static void
+release_libc_mem (void)
+{
+ /* Only call the free function if we still are running in mtrace mode. */
+ if (mallstream != NULL)
+ __libc_freeres ();
+}
+#endif
+
+
/* We enable tracing if either the environment variable MALLOC_TRACE
is set, or if the variable mallwatch has been patched to an address
that the debugging user wants us to stop on. When patching mallwatch,
@@ -201,6 +218,9 @@ tr_reallochook (ptr, size, caller)
void
mtrace ()
{
+#ifdef _LIBC
+ static int added_atexit_handler = 0;
+#endif
char *mallfile;
/* Don't panic if we're called more than once. */
@@ -229,6 +249,13 @@ mtrace ()
__malloc_hook = tr_mallochook;
tr_old_realloc_hook = __realloc_hook;
__realloc_hook = tr_reallochook;
+#ifdef _LIBC
+ if (!added_atexit_handler)
+ {
+ added_atexit_handler = 1;
+ atexit (release_libc_mem);
+ }
+#endif
}
}
}