1 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_globals.c b/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_globals.c
index 1dd8d81714..ce143b8c21 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_globals.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_globals.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language.
 
                        Written by Philip Hazel
-           Copyright (c) 1997-2008 University of Cambridge
+           Copyright (c) 1997-2012 University of Cambridge
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ PCRE is thread-clean and doesn't use any global variables in the normal sense.
 However, it calls memory allocation and freeing functions via the four
 indirections below, and it can optionally do callouts, using the fifth
 indirection. These values can be changed by the caller, but are shared between
-all threads. However, when compiling for Virtual Pascal, things are done
-differently, and global variables are not used (see pcre.in). */
+all threads.
+
+For MS Visual Studio and Symbian OS, there are problems in initializing these
+variables to non-local functions. In these cases, therefore, an indirection via
+a local function is used.
+
+Also, when compiling for Virtual Pascal, things are done differently, and
+global variables are not used. */
 
 /* %ExternalCopyright% */
 
@@ -54,12 +60,27 @@ differently, and global variables are not used (see pcre.in). */
 
 #include "pcre_internal.h"
 
-#ifndef VPCOMPAT
-PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*erts_pcre_malloc)(size_t) = malloc;
-PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*erts_pcre_free)(void *) = free;
-PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*erts_pcre_stack_malloc)(size_t) = malloc;
-PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*erts_pcre_stack_free)(void *) = free;
-PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN int   (*erts_pcre_callout)(pcre_callout_block *) = NULL;
+#if defined _MSC_VER || defined  __SYMBIAN32__
+static void* LocalPcreMalloc(size_t aSize)
+  {
+  return malloc(aSize);
+  }
+static void LocalPcreFree(void* aPtr)
+  {
+  free(aPtr);
+  }
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*PUBL(malloc))(size_t) = LocalPcreMalloc;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*PUBL(free))(void *) = LocalPcreFree;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*PUBL(stack_malloc))(size_t) = LocalPcreMalloc;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*PUBL(stack_free))(void *) = LocalPcreFree;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN int   (*PUBL(callout))(PUBL(callout_block) *) = NULL;
+
+#elif !defined VPCOMPAT
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*PUBL(malloc))(size_t) = malloc;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*PUBL(free))(void *) = free;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void *(*PUBL(stack_malloc))(size_t) = malloc;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN void  (*PUBL(stack_free))(void *) = free;
+PCRE_EXP_DATA_DEFN int   (*PUBL(callout))(PUBL(callout_block) *) = NULL;
 #endif
 
 /* End of pcre_globals.c */