diff --git a/include/cutils/mspace.h b/include/cutils/mspace.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 93fe48e..0000000
--- a/include/cutils/mspace.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/* A wrapper file for dlmalloc.h that defines prototypes for the
- * mspace_*() functions, which provide an interface for creating
- * multiple heaps.
- */
-
-#ifndef MSPACE_H_
-#define MSPACE_H_
-
-/* It's a pain getting the mallinfo stuff to work
- * with Linux, OSX, and klibc, so just turn it off
- * for now.
- * TODO: make mallinfo work
- */
-#define NO_MALLINFO 1
-
-/* Allow setting the maximum heap footprint.
- */
-#define USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT 1
-
-#define USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES 1
-#if USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES
-#define HAVE_MMAP 0
-#define HAVE_MORECORE 1
-#define MORECORE_CONTIGUOUS 0
-#endif
-
-#define MSPACES 1
-#define ONLY_MSPACES 1
-#include "../../../../bionic/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.h"
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/*
-  mspace_usable_size(void* p);
-
-  Returns the number of bytes you can actually use in
-  an allocated chunk, which may be more than you requested (although
-  often not) due to alignment and minimum size constraints.
-  You can use this many bytes without worrying about
-  overwriting other allocated objects. This is not a particularly great
-  programming practice. mspace_usable_size can be more useful in
-  debugging and assertions, for example:
-
-  p = mspace_malloc(msp, n);
-  assert(mspace_usable_size(msp, p) >= 256);
-*/
-size_t mspace_usable_size(mspace, const void*);
-
-#if USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES
-/*
-  Similar to create_mspace(), but the underlying memory is
-  guaranteed to be contiguous.  No more than max_capacity
-  bytes is ever allocated to the mspace.
- */
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace(size_t starting_capacity, size_t max_capacity,
-    int locked);
-
-/*
-   Identical to create_contiguous_mspace, but labels the mapping 'mspace/name'
-   instead of 'mspace'
-*/
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace_with_name(size_t starting_capacity,
-    size_t max_capacity, int locked, const char *name);
-
-/*
-   Identical to create_contiguous_mspace, but uses previously mapped memory.
-*/
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace_with_base(size_t starting_capacity,
-    size_t max_capacity, int locked, void *base);
-
-size_t destroy_contiguous_mspace(mspace msp);
-
-/*
-   Returns the position of the "break" within the given mspace.
-*/
-void *contiguous_mspace_sbrk0(mspace msp);
-#endif
-
-/*
-  Call the handler for each block in the specified mspace.
-  chunkptr and chunklen refer to the heap-level chunk including
-  the chunk overhead, and userptr and userlen refer to the
-  user-usable part of the chunk.  If the chunk is free, userptr
-  will be NULL and userlen will be 0.  userlen is not guaranteed
-  to be the same value passed into malloc() for a given chunk;
-  it is >= the requested size.
- */
-void mspace_walk_heap(mspace msp,
-    void(*handler)(const void *chunkptr, size_t chunklen,
-        const void *userptr, size_t userlen, void *arg), void *harg);
-
-/*
-  mspace_walk_free_pages(handler, harg)
-
-  Calls the provided handler on each free region in the specified
-  mspace.  The memory between start and end are guaranteed not to
-  contain any important data, so the handler is free to alter the
-  contents in any way.  This can be used to advise the OS that large
-  free regions may be swapped out.
-
-  The value in harg will be passed to each call of the handler.
- */
-void mspace_walk_free_pages(mspace msp,
-    void(*handler)(void *start, void *end, void *arg), void *harg);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-};  /* end of extern "C" */
-#endif
-
-#endif /* MSPACE_H_ */
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 35b5b46..a9c7981 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 else
     commonSources += \
         abort_socket.c \
-        mspace.c \
         selector.c \
         tztime.c \
         zygote.c
diff --git a/libcutils/dlmalloc_stubs.c b/libcutils/dlmalloc_stubs.c
index 1ced147..c327a55 100644
--- a/libcutils/dlmalloc_stubs.c
+++ b/libcutils/dlmalloc_stubs.c
@@ -14,16 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-/* No-op stubs for functions defined in system/bionic/bionic/dlmalloc.c.
+#include "../../../bionic/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.h"
+#include "cutils/log.h"
+
+/*
+ * Stubs for functions defined in bionic/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c. These
+ * are used in host builds, as the host libc will not contain these
+ * functions.
  */
-void dlmalloc_walk_free_pages()
+void dlmalloc_inspect_all(void(*handler)(void*, void *, size_t, void*),
+                          void* arg)
 {
+  ALOGW("Called host unimplemented stub: dlmalloc_inspect_all");
 }
 
-void dlmalloc_walk_heap()
+int dlmalloc_trim(size_t unused)
 {
-}
-
-void dlmalloc_trim()
-{
+  ALOGW("Called host unimplemented stub: dlmalloc_trim");
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libcutils/mspace.c b/libcutils/mspace.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d3b35c..0000000
--- a/libcutils/mspace.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,286 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2006 The Android Open Source Project */
-
-/* A wrapper file for dlmalloc.c that compiles in the
- * mspace_*() functions, which provide an interface for
- * creating multiple heaps.
- */
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-
-#include <cutils/ashmem.h>
-
-/* It's a pain getting the mallinfo stuff to work
- * with Linux, OSX, and klibc, so just turn it off
- * for now.
- * TODO: make mallinfo work
- */
-#define NO_MALLINFO 1
-
-/* Allow setting the maximum heap footprint.
- */
-#define USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT 1
-
-/* Don't try to trim memory.
- * TODO: support this.
- */
-#define MORECORE_CANNOT_TRIM 1
-
-/* Use mmap()d anonymous memory to guarantee
- * that an mspace is contiguous.
- *
- * create_mspace() won't work right if this is
- * defined, so hide the definition of it and
- * break any users at build time.
- */
-#define USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES 1
-#if USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES
-/* This combination of settings forces sys_alloc()
- * to always use MORECORE().  It won't expect the
- * results to be contiguous, but we'll guarantee
- * that they are.
- */
-#define HAVE_MMAP 0
-#define HAVE_MORECORE 1
-#define MORECORE_CONTIGUOUS 0
-/* m is always the appropriate local when MORECORE() is called. */
-#define MORECORE(S) contiguous_mspace_morecore(m, S)
-#define create_mspace   HIDDEN_create_mspace_HIDDEN
-#define destroy_mspace   HIDDEN_destroy_mspace_HIDDEN
-typedef struct malloc_state *mstate0;
-static void *contiguous_mspace_morecore(mstate0 m, ssize_t nb);
-#endif
-
-#define MSPACES 1
-#define ONLY_MSPACES 1
-#include "../../../bionic/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c"
-
-#ifndef PAGESIZE
-#define PAGESIZE  mparams.page_size
-#endif
-
-#define ALIGN_UP(p, alignment) \
-    (((uintptr_t)(p) + (alignment)-1) & ~((alignment)-1))
-
-/* A direct copy of dlmalloc_usable_size(),
- * which isn't compiled in when ONLY_MSPACES is set.
- * The mspace parameter isn't actually necessary,
- * but we include it to be consistent with the
- * rest of the mspace_*() functions.
- */
-size_t mspace_usable_size(mspace _unused, const void* mem) {
-  if (mem != 0) {
-    const mchunkptr p = mem2chunk(mem);
-    if (cinuse(p))
-      return chunksize(p) - overhead_for(p);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-#if USE_CONTIGUOUS_MSPACES
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-
-#define CONTIG_STATE_MAGIC  0xf00dd00d
-struct mspace_contig_state {
-  unsigned int magic;
-  char *brk;
-  char *top;
-  mspace m;
-};
-
-static void *contiguous_mspace_morecore(mstate m, ssize_t nb) {
-  struct mspace_contig_state *cs;
-  char *oldbrk;
-  const unsigned int pagesize = PAGESIZE;
-
-  cs = (struct mspace_contig_state *)((uintptr_t)m & ~(pagesize-1));
-  assert(cs->magic == CONTIG_STATE_MAGIC);
-  assert(cs->m == m);
-assert(nb >= 0);  //xxx deal with the trim case
-
-  oldbrk = cs->brk;
-  if (nb > 0) {
-    /* Break to the first page boundary that satisfies the request.
-     */
-    char *newbrk = (char *)ALIGN_UP(oldbrk + nb, pagesize);
-    if (newbrk > cs->top)
-      return CMFAIL;
-
-    /* Update the protection on the underlying memory.
-     * Pages we've given to dlmalloc are read/write, and
-     * pages we haven't are not accessable (read or write
-     * will cause a seg fault).
-     */
-    if (mprotect(cs, newbrk - (char *)cs, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) < 0)
-      return CMFAIL;
-    if (newbrk != cs->top) {
-      if (mprotect(newbrk, cs->top - newbrk, PROT_NONE) < 0)
-        return CMFAIL;
-    }
-
-    cs->brk = newbrk;
-
-    /* Make sure that dlmalloc will merge this block with the
-     * initial block that was passed to create_mspace_with_base().
-     * We don't care about extern vs. non-extern, so just clear it.
-     */
-    m->seg.sflags &= ~EXTERN_BIT;
-  }
-
-  return oldbrk;
-}
-
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace_with_base(size_t starting_capacity,
-    size_t max_capacity, int locked, void *base) {
-  struct mspace_contig_state *cs;
-  unsigned int pagesize;
-  mstate m;
-
-  init_mparams();
-  pagesize = PAGESIZE;
-  assert(starting_capacity <= max_capacity);
-  assert(((uintptr_t)base & (pagesize-1)) == 0);
-  assert(((uintptr_t)max_capacity & (pagesize-1)) == 0);
-  starting_capacity = (size_t)ALIGN_UP(starting_capacity, pagesize);
-
-  /* Make the first page read/write. dlmalloc needs to use that page.
-   */
-  if (mprotect(base, starting_capacity, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) < 0) {
-    goto error;
-  }
-
-  /* Create the mspace, pointing to the memory given.
-   */
-  m = create_mspace_with_base((char *)base + sizeof(*cs), starting_capacity,
-                              locked);
-  if (m == (mspace)0) {
-    goto error;
-  }
-  /* Make sure that m is in the same page as base.
-   */
-  assert(((uintptr_t)m & (uintptr_t)~(pagesize-1)) == (uintptr_t)base);
-  /* Use some space for the information that our MORECORE needs.
-   */
-  cs = (struct mspace_contig_state *)base;
-
-  /* Find out exactly how much of the memory the mspace
-   * is using.
-   */
-  cs->brk = m->seg.base + m->seg.size;
-  cs->top = (char *)base + max_capacity;
-
-  assert((char *)base <= cs->brk);
-  assert(cs->brk <= cs->top);
-  /* Prevent access to the memory we haven't handed out yet.
-   */
-  if (cs->brk != cs->top) {
-    /* mprotect() requires page-aligned arguments, but it's possible
-     * for cs->brk not to be page-aligned at this point.
-     */
-    char *prot_brk = (char *)ALIGN_UP(cs->brk, pagesize);
-    if ((mprotect(base, prot_brk - (char *)base, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) < 0) ||
-        (mprotect(prot_brk, cs->top - prot_brk, PROT_NONE) < 0)) {
-      goto error;
-    }
-  }
-
-  cs->m = m;
-  cs->magic = CONTIG_STATE_MAGIC;
-
-  return (mspace)m;
-
-error:
-  return (mspace)0;
-}
-
-
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace_with_name(size_t starting_capacity,
-    size_t max_capacity, int locked, char const *name) {
-  int fd, ret;
-  char buf[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN] = "mspace";
-  void *base;
-  unsigned int pagesize;
-  mstate m;
-
-  if (starting_capacity > max_capacity)
-    return (mspace)0;
-
-  init_mparams();
-  pagesize = PAGESIZE;
-
-  /* Create the anonymous memory that will back the mspace.
-   * This reserves all of the virtual address space we could
-   * ever need.  Physical pages will be mapped as the memory
-   * is touched.
-   *
-   * Align max_capacity to a whole page.
-   */
-  max_capacity = (size_t)ALIGN_UP(max_capacity, pagesize);
-
-  if (name)
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "mspace/%s", name);
-  fd = ashmem_create_region(buf, max_capacity);
-  if (fd < 0)
-    return (mspace)0;
-
-  base = mmap(NULL, max_capacity, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-  close(fd);
-  if (base == MAP_FAILED)
-    return (mspace)0;
-
-  /* Make sure that base is at the beginning of a page.
-   */
-  assert(((uintptr_t)base & (pagesize-1)) == 0);
-
-  m = create_contiguous_mspace_with_base(starting_capacity, max_capacity,
-                                         locked, base);
-  if (m == 0) {
-    munmap(base, max_capacity);
-  }
-  return m;
-}
-
-mspace create_contiguous_mspace(size_t starting_capacity,
-    size_t max_capacity, int locked) {
-  return create_contiguous_mspace_with_name(starting_capacity,
-      max_capacity, locked, NULL);
-}
-
-size_t destroy_contiguous_mspace(mspace msp) {
-  mstate ms = (mstate)msp;
-
-  if (ok_magic(ms)) {
-    struct mspace_contig_state *cs;
-    size_t length;
-    const unsigned int pagesize = PAGESIZE;
-
-    cs = (struct mspace_contig_state *)((uintptr_t)ms & ~(pagesize-1));
-    assert(cs->magic == CONTIG_STATE_MAGIC);
-    assert(cs->m == ms);
-
-    length = cs->top - (char *)cs;
-    if (munmap((char *)cs, length) != 0)
-      return length;
-  }
-  else {
-    USAGE_ERROR_ACTION(ms, ms);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-void *contiguous_mspace_sbrk0(mspace msp) {
-    struct mspace_contig_state *cs;
-    mstate ms;
-    const unsigned int pagesize = PAGESIZE;
-
-    ms = (mstate)msp;
-    cs = (struct mspace_contig_state *)((uintptr_t)ms & ~(pagesize-1));
-    assert(cs->magic == CONTIG_STATE_MAGIC);
-    assert(cs->m == ms);
-    return cs->brk;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.cpp b/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.cpp
index a713feb..60fc771 100644
--- a/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.cpp
+++ b/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include <cutils/log.h>
+#include <cutils/ashmem.h>
 #include <cutils/atomic.h>
 
 #include "codeflinger/CodeCache.h"
 
+#define LOG_TAG "CodeCache"
+
 namespace android {
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -38,12 +41,72 @@
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// A dlmalloc mspace is used to manage the code cache over a mmaped region.
+#define HAVE_MMAP 0
+#define HAVE_MREMAP 0
+#define HAVE_MORECORE 0
+#define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT 16
+#define MSPACES 1
+#define NO_MALLINFO 1
+#define ONLY_MSPACES 1
+// Custom heap error handling.
+#define PROCEED_ON_ERROR 0
+static void heap_error(const char* msg, const char* function, void* p);
+#define CORRUPTION_ERROR_ACTION(m) \
+    heap_error("HEAP MEMORY CORRUPTION", __FUNCTION__, NULL)
+#define USAGE_ERROR_ACTION(m,p) \
+    heap_error("ARGUMENT IS INVALID HEAP ADDRESS", __FUNCTION__, p)
+
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-aliasing"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#include "../../../../bionic/libc/upstream-dlmalloc/malloc.c"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wstrict-aliasing"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wempty-body"
+
+static void heap_error(const char* msg, const char* function, void* p) {
+    ALOG(LOG_FATAL, LOG_TAG, "@@@ ABORTING: CODE FLINGER: %s IN %s addr=%p",
+         msg, function, p);
+    /* So that we can get a memory dump around p */
+    *((int **) 0xdeadbaad) = (int *) p;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static void* gExecutableStore = NULL;
+static mspace gMspace = NULL;
+const size_t kMaxCodeCacheCapacity = 1024 * 1024;
+
+static mspace getMspace()
+{
+    if (gExecutableStore == NULL) {
+        int fd = ashmem_create_region("CodeFlinger code cache",
+                                      kMaxCodeCacheCapacity);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(fd < 0,
+                            "Creating code cache, ashmem_create_region "
+                            "failed with error '%s'", strerror(errno));
+        gExecutableStore = mmap(NULL, kMaxCodeCacheCapacity,
+                                PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
+                                MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(gExecutableStore == NULL,
+                            "Creating code cache, mmap failed with error "
+                            "'%s'", strerror(errno));
+        close(fd);
+        gMspace = create_mspace_with_base(gExecutableStore, kMaxCodeCacheCapacity,
+                                          /*locked=*/ false);
+        mspace_set_footprint_limit(gMspace, kMaxCodeCacheCapacity);
+    }
+    return gMspace;
+}
+
 Assembly::Assembly(size_t size)
     : mCount(1), mSize(0)
 {
     mBase = (uint32_t*)mspace_malloc(getMspace(), size);
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mBase == NULL,
+                        "Failed to create Assembly of size %zd in executable "
+                        "store of size %zd", size, kMaxCodeCacheCapacity);
     mSize = size;
-    ensureMbaseExecutable();
 }
 
 Assembly::~Assembly()
@@ -77,31 +140,13 @@
 ssize_t Assembly::resize(size_t newSize)
 {
     mBase = (uint32_t*)mspace_realloc(getMspace(), mBase, newSize);
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mBase == NULL,
+                        "Failed to resize Assembly to %zd in code cache "
+                        "of size %zd", newSize, kMaxCodeCacheCapacity);
     mSize = newSize;
-    ensureMbaseExecutable();
     return size();
 }
 
-mspace Assembly::getMspace()
-{
-    static mspace msp = create_contiguous_mspace(2 * 1024, 1024 * 1024, /*locked=*/ false);
-    return msp;
-}
-
-void Assembly::ensureMbaseExecutable()
-{
-    long pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
-    long pagemask = ~(pagesize - 1);  // assumes pagesize is a power of 2
-
-    uint32_t* pageStart = (uint32_t*) (((uintptr_t) mBase) & pagemask);
-    size_t adjustedLength = (mBase - pageStart) * sizeof(uint32_t) + mSize;
-
-    if (mBase && mprotect(pageStart, adjustedLength, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC) != 0) {
-        mspace_free(getMspace(), mBase);
-        mBase = NULL;
-    }
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 CodeCache::CodeCache(size_t size)
diff --git a/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.h b/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.h
index aaafd26..54fd69b 100644
--- a/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.h
+++ b/libpixelflinger/codeflinger/CodeCache.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <cutils/mspace.h>
 
 #include "tinyutils/KeyedVector.h"
 #include "tinyutils/smartpointer.h"
@@ -68,9 +67,6 @@
     typedef void    weakref_type;
 
 private:
-    static  mspace  getMspace();
-            void    ensureMbaseExecutable();
-
     mutable int32_t     mCount;
             uint32_t*   mBase;
             size_t      mSize;