2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.c b/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.c
index 2199d876e91..e5bd1e8a899 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,9 @@ static int init_mparams(void) {
 #endif
       magic |= (size_t)8U;    /* ensure nonzero */
       magic &= ~(size_t)7U;   /* improve chances of fault for bad values */
+#ifdef DLM_MAGIC_CONSTANT
+      magic = DLM_MAGIC_CONSTANT;
+#endif
       /* Until memory modes commonly available, use volatile-write */
       (*(volatile size_t *)(&(mparams.magic))) = magic;
     }
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.h b/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.h
index b3278f9dc50..b8e32367400 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/dlmalloc.h
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ MAX_RELEASE_CHECK_RATE   default: 4095 unless not HAVE_MMAP
 
 #if CLIB_DEBUG > 0
 #define FOOTERS 1  /* extra debugging */
+#define DLM_MAGIC_CONSTANT 0xdeaddabe
 #endif
 #define USE_LOCKS 1
 #define DLM_ABORT {extern void os_panic(void); os_panic(); abort();}