Use a simple replacement for String8 that allocates its storage beforehand to...

        size_t* infoSize, size_t* totalMemory, size_t* backtraceSize);

extern "C" void free_malloc_leak_info(uint8_t* info);

// Use the String-class below instead of String8 to allocate all memory

// beforehand and not reenter the heap while we are examining it...

struct MyString8 {

    static const size_t MAX_SIZE = 256 * 1024;

    MyString8()

        : mPtr((char *)malloc(MAX_SIZE)) {

        *mPtr = '\0';

    }

    ~MyString8() {

        free(mPtr);

    }

    void append(const char *s) {

        strcat(mPtr, s);

    }

    const char *string() const {

        return mPtr;

    }

    size_t size() const {

        return strlen(mPtr);

    }

private:

    char *mPtr;

    MyString8(const MyString8 &);

    MyString8 &operator=(const MyString8 &);

};

void memStatus(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args)

{

    const size_t SIZE = 256;

    char buffer[SIZE];

    String8 result;

    MyString8 result;

    typedef struct {

        size_t size;