diff --git a/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c b/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c
index 6287549fe..1ed3205a0 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/dlmalloc.c
@@ -16,102 +16,68 @@
 
 #include "dlmalloc.h"
 
-/* Bionic error handling declarations */
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <linux/ashmem.h>
+
+#include <private/debug_format.h>
+#include <private/logd.h>
+
+// Send dlmalloc errors to the log.
+static void __bionic_heap_corruption_error(const char* function);
+static void __bionic_heap_usage_error(const char* function, void* address);
 #define PROCEED_ON_ERROR 0
-static void __bionic_heap_error(const char* msg, const char* function, void* p);
-#define CORRUPTION_ERROR_ACTION(m) \
-    __bionic_heap_error("HEAP MEMORY CORRUPTION", __FUNCTION__, NULL)
-#define USAGE_ERROR_ACTION(m,p) \
-    __bionic_heap_error("ARGUMENT IS INVALID HEAP ADDRESS", __FUNCTION__, p)
+#define CORRUPTION_ERROR_ACTION(m) __bionic_heap_corruption_error(__FUNCTION__)
+#define USAGE_ERROR_ACTION(m,p) __bionic_heap_usage_error(__FUNCTION__, p)
 
-/* Bionic named anonymous memory declarations */
-static void* named_anonymous_mmap(size_t length);
-#define MMAP(s) named_anonymous_mmap(s)
+// We use ashmem to name the anonymous private regions created by dlmalloc.
+static void* __bionic_named_anonymous_mmap(size_t length);
+#define MMAP(s) __bionic_named_anonymous_mmap(s)
 
-/*
- * Ugly inclusion of C file so that bionic specific #defines configure
- * dlmalloc.
- */
+// Ugly inclusion of C file so that bionic specific #defines configure dlmalloc.
 #include "../upstream-dlmalloc/malloc.c"
 
-
-/* Bionic error handling definitions */
-/* Convert a pointer into hex string */
-static void __bionic_itox(char* hex, void* ptr)
-{
-    intptr_t val = (intptr_t) ptr;
-    /* Terminate with NULL */
-    hex[8] = 0;
-    int i;
-
-    for (i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
-        int digit = val & 15;
-        hex[i] = (digit <= 9) ? digit + '0' : digit - 10 + 'a';
-        val >>= 4;
-    }
+static void __bionic_heap_corruption_error(const char* function) {
+  __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc", "@@@ ABORTING: heap corruption detected by %s",
+                    function);
+  abort();
 }
 
-#include <private/logd.h>
-static void __bionic_heap_error(const char* msg, const char* function, void* p)
-{
-    /* We format the buffer explicitely, i.e. without using snprintf()
-     * which may use malloc() internally. Not something we can trust
-     * if we just detected a corrupted heap.
-     */
-    char buffer[256];
-    strlcpy(buffer, "@@@ ABORTING: LIBC: ", sizeof(buffer));
-    strlcat(buffer, msg, sizeof(buffer));
-    if (function != NULL) {
-        strlcat(buffer, " IN ", sizeof(buffer));
-        strlcat(buffer, function, sizeof(buffer));
-    }
-
-    if (p != NULL) {
-        char hexbuffer[9];
-        __bionic_itox(hexbuffer, p);
-        strlcat(buffer, " addr=0x", sizeof(buffer));
-        strlcat(buffer, hexbuffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    }
-
-    __libc_android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc", buffer);
-
-    /* So that we can get a memory dump around p */
-    *((int **) 0xdeadbaad) = (int *) p;
+static void __bionic_heap_usage_error(const char* function, void* address) {
+  __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc", "@@@ ABORTING: invalid address %p passed to %s",
+                    address, function);
+  // So that we can get a memory dump around the specific address.
+  *((int**) 0xdeadbaad) = (int*) address;
 }
 
-/* Bionic named anonymous memory definitions */
-#include <linux/ashmem.h>
-static int __ashmem_create_region(const char* name, size_t size)
-{
-    int fd, ret;
-    fd = open("/dev/ashmem", O_RDWR);
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return fd;
-    if (name != NULL) {
-        char buf[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN];
-
-        strlcpy(buf, name, sizeof(buf));
-        ret = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_NAME, buf);
-        if (ret < 0) {  /* error */
-            close(fd);
-            return ret;
-        }
-    }
-    ret = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_SIZE, size);
-    if (ret < 0) {  /* error */
-        close(fd);
-        return ret;
-    }
+static int __ashmem_create_region(const char* name, size_t size) {
+  int fd = open("/dev/ashmem", O_RDWR);
+  if (fd == -1) {
     return fd;
+  }
+  int rc = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_NAME, name);
+  if (rc < 0) {
+    close(fd);
+    return rc;
+  }
+  rc = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_SIZE, size);
+  if (rc < 0) {
+    close(fd);
+    return rc;
+  }
+  return fd;
 }
 
-static void* named_anonymous_mmap(size_t length)
-{
-    void* ret;
-    int fd = __ashmem_create_region("libc malloc", length);
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return MAP_FAILED;
-    ret = mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-    close (fd);
-    return ret;
+static void* __bionic_named_anonymous_mmap(size_t length) {
+  int fd = __ashmem_create_region("libc malloc", length);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    return MAP_FAILED;
+  }
+  void* result = mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+  close (fd);
+  return result;
 }