1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/debug.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/debug.lua
index a56400f34..f991ab8a6 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/debug.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/debug.lua
@@ -1,2 +1,25 @@
-module("luci.debug", package.seeall)
-__file__ = debug.getinfo(1, 'S').source:sub(2)
-\ No newline at end of file
+local debug = require "debug"
+local io = require "io"
+local collectgarbage = collectgarbage
+
+module "luci.debug"
+__file__ = debug.getinfo(1, 'S').source:sub(2)
+
+-- Enables the memory tracer with given flags and returns a function to disable the tracer again
+function trap_memtrace(flags)
+	flags = flags or "l"
+	local tracefile = io.open("/tmp/memtrace", "w")
+
+	local function trap(what, line)
+		local info = debug.getinfo(2, "Sn")
+		tracefile:write(info.source..":"..line.."\t"..(info.namewhat or "").."\t"..(info.name or "").."\t"..collectgarbage("count").."\n")
+	end
+
+	debug.sethook(trap, flags)
+
+	return function()
+		debug.sethook()
+		tracefile:close()
+	end
+end
+