1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/elf/dl-minimal.c b/elf/dl-minimal.c
index d83620d02b..12d38c9a3a 100644
--- a/elf/dl-minimal.c
+++ b/elf/dl-minimal.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Minimal replacements for basic facilities used in the dynamic linker.
-   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ malloc (size_t n)
   return alloc_last_block;
 }
 
+/* We use this function occasionally since the real implementation may
+   be optimized when it can assume the memory it returns already is
+   set to NUL.  */
+void * weak_function
+calloc (size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+  size_t total = nmemb * size;
+  void *result = malloc (total);
+  return memset (result, '\0', total);
+}
+
 /* This will rarely be called.  */
 void weak_function
 free (void *ptr)