diff --git a/doc/contributions.txt b/doc/contributions.txt
index 8765240caa2a8cd094148ac9419b2b0faa3d4473..03e4978dd06e5a4992631337af56e35944b2969e 100644
--- a/doc/contributions.txt
+++ b/doc/contributions.txt
@@ -61,11 +61,15 @@ Aimee Trescothick
 Alejandro Rosenthal
 	VWR-1184
 Aleric Inglewood
+	SNOW-84
 	SNOW-240
+	SNOW-477
 	SNOW-522
 	SNOW-626
+	SNOW-744
 	SNOW-756
 	SNOW-764
+	SNOW-766
 	VWR-10001
 	VWR-10579
 	VWR-10759
@@ -86,11 +90,8 @@ Aleric Inglewood
     VWR-24321
  	VWR-24354
 	VWR-24519
-	SNOW-84
-	SNOW-477
-	SNOW-744
-	SNOW-766
 	STORM-163
+	STORM-864
 Ales Beaumont
 	VWR-9352
 	SNOW-240
diff --git a/indra/llaudio/llaudioengine_fmod.cpp b/indra/llaudio/llaudioengine_fmod.cpp
index a40de9fa68b21afe656d862642d2b7992a33829f..88dfdb9c2449c5e3d2a88c38e731c3d1a0ffc88b 100644
--- a/indra/llaudio/llaudioengine_fmod.cpp
+++ b/indra/llaudio/llaudioengine_fmod.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ bool LLAudioBufferFMOD::loadWAV(const std::string& filename)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!LLAPRFile::isExist(filename, NULL, LL_APR_RPB))
+	if (!LLAPRFile::isExist(filename, LL_APR_RPB))
 	{
 		// File not found, abort.
 		return false;
diff --git a/indra/llaudio/llvorbisencode.cpp b/indra/llaudio/llvorbisencode.cpp
index 0e0c80a45675b6aad361fb49fd563645cf3409d8..44eeea0ca4115730f614c873faefaa503c68dc9a 100644
--- a/indra/llaudio/llvorbisencode.cpp
+++ b/indra/llaudio/llvorbisencode.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ S32 check_for_invalid_wav_formats(const std::string& in_fname, std::string& erro
 	error_msg.clear();
 
 	//********************************
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-    infile.open(in_fname,LL_APR_RB);
+	LLAPRFile infile(in_fname, LL_APR_RB);
 	//********************************
 	if (!infile.getFileHandle())
 	{
@@ -233,8 +232,7 @@ S32 encode_vorbis_file(const std::string& in_fname, const std::string& out_fname
 
 	S32 data_left = 0;
 
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-	infile.open(in_fname,LL_APR_RB);
+	LLAPRFile infile(in_fname,LL_APR_RB);
 	if (!infile.getFileHandle())
 	{
 		llwarns << "Couldn't open temporary ogg file for writing: " << in_fname
@@ -242,8 +240,7 @@ S32 encode_vorbis_file(const std::string& in_fname, const std::string& out_fname
 		return(LLVORBISENC_SOURCE_OPEN_ERR);
 	}
 
-	LLAPRFile outfile ;
-	outfile.open(out_fname,LL_APR_WPB);
+	LLAPRFile outfile(out_fname, LL_APR_WPB);
 	if (!outfile.getFileHandle())
 	{
 		llwarns << "Couldn't open upload sound file for reading: " << in_fname
diff --git a/indra/llcharacter/llbvhloader.cpp b/indra/llcharacter/llbvhloader.cpp
index 532a2c1b0d779281253d84609cedb775f45ff4fc..a39a344684c5f7c51ffaf9172261f5f6d19bf6cc 100644
--- a/indra/llcharacter/llbvhloader.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcharacter/llbvhloader.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ ELoadStatus LLBVHLoader::loadTranslationTable(const char *fileName)
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 	std::string path = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_APP_SETTINGS,fileName);
 
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-	infile.open(path, LL_APR_R);
+	LLAPRFile infile(path, LL_APR_R);
 	apr_file_t *fp = infile.getFileHandle();
 	if (!fp)
 		return E_ST_NO_XLT_FILE;
diff --git a/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframemotionparam.cpp b/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframemotionparam.cpp
index 82fe8971f5a4183d6e7c2dfc917d74e9c91ffaf0..c3d5dec875414b3a27e2e91b665db28de8456500 100644
--- a/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframemotionparam.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframemotionparam.cpp
@@ -351,8 +351,7 @@ BOOL LLKeyframeMotionParam::loadMotions()
 	// open the file
 	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	S32 fileSize = 0;
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-	infile.open(path, LL_APR_R, NULL, &fileSize);
+	LLAPRFile infile(path, LL_APR_R, &fileSize);
 	apr_file_t* fp = infile.getFileHandle() ;
 	if (!fp || fileSize == 0)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/llcharacter/llstatemachine.cpp b/indra/llcharacter/llstatemachine.cpp
index e0454131a52e393d6c006a5897815336a0fa20df..dcc4ff5f0e7c2b095984f170b036662cff37a5b8 100644
--- a/indra/llcharacter/llstatemachine.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcharacter/llstatemachine.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ LLFSMState* LLStateDiagram::getState(U32 state_id)
 
 BOOL LLStateDiagram::saveDotFile(const std::string& filename)
 {
-	LLAPRFile outfile ;
-	outfile.open(filename, LL_APR_W);
+	LLAPRFile outfile(filename, LL_APR_W);
 	apr_file_t* dot_file = outfile.getFileHandle() ;
 
 	if (!dot_file)
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 9342a22d46f9d0a3a0b0017544af3aa6a19383bd..d5b0a67533a5c35ccc596b7e2f1f1cf6574c9f16 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ set(llcommon_SOURCE_FILES
     llallocator_heap_profile.cpp
     llapp.cpp
     llapr.cpp
+    llaprpool.cpp
     llassettype.cpp
     llavatarname.cpp
     llbase32.cpp
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ set(llcommon_SOURCE_FILES
     llrand.cpp
     llrefcount.cpp
     llrun.cpp
+    llscopedvolatileaprpool.h
     llsd.cpp
     llsdserialize.cpp
     llsdserialize_xml.cpp
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ set(llcommon_HEADER_FILES
     llavatarname.h
     llapp.h
     llapr.h
+    llaprpool.h
     llassettype.h
     llassoclist.h
     llavatarconstants.h
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
index 39daefd1ad63ce8b29827972473dadfab53d3c5c..e5bd2bfa3daf940d615bf7b40fc409edf955c2a0 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ void LLApp::commonCtor()
 		mOptions.append(sd);
 	}
 
-	// Make sure we clean up APR when we exit
-	// Don't need to do this if we're cleaning up APR in the destructor
-	//atexit(ll_cleanup_apr);
-
 	// Set the application to this instance.
 	sApplication = this;
 	
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llapr.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llapr.cpp
index d1c44c94032851a19a4ab42f20006ce04a1eb1f4..1e4a51102e782d282e49e63cdd51dc8fab697951 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llapr.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llapr.cpp
@@ -29,212 +29,8 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "llapr.h"
 #include "apr_dso.h"
+#include "llscopedvolatileaprpool.h"
 
-apr_pool_t *gAPRPoolp = NULL; // Global APR memory pool
-LLVolatileAPRPool *LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp = NULL ; //global volatile APR memory pool.
-apr_thread_mutex_t *gLogMutexp = NULL;
-apr_thread_mutex_t *gCallStacksLogMutexp = NULL;
-
-const S32 FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL = 1024 ; //number of references to LLVolatileAPRPool
-
-void ll_init_apr()
-{
-	if (!gAPRPoolp)
-	{
-		// Initialize APR and create the global pool
-		apr_initialize();
-		apr_pool_create(&gAPRPoolp, NULL);
-		
-		// Initialize the logging mutex
-		apr_thread_mutex_create(&gLogMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, gAPRPoolp);
-		apr_thread_mutex_create(&gCallStacksLogMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, gAPRPoolp);
-	}
-
-	if(!LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp)
-	{
-		LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp = new LLVolatileAPRPool(FALSE) ;
-	}
-}
-
-
-void ll_cleanup_apr()
-{
-	LL_INFOS("APR") << "Cleaning up APR" << LL_ENDL;
-
-	if (gLogMutexp)
-	{
-		// Clean up the logging mutex
-
-		// All other threads NEED to be done before we clean up APR, so this is okay.
-		apr_thread_mutex_destroy(gLogMutexp);
-		gLogMutexp = NULL;
-	}
-	if (gCallStacksLogMutexp)
-	{
-		// Clean up the logging mutex
-
-		// All other threads NEED to be done before we clean up APR, so this is okay.
-		apr_thread_mutex_destroy(gCallStacksLogMutexp);
-		gCallStacksLogMutexp = NULL;
-	}
-	if (gAPRPoolp)
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(gAPRPoolp);
-		gAPRPoolp = NULL;
-	}
-	if (LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp)
-	{
-		delete LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-		LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp = NULL ;
-	}
-	apr_terminate();
-}
-
-//
-//
-//LLAPRPool
-//
-LLAPRPool::LLAPRPool(apr_pool_t *parent, apr_size_t size, BOOL releasePoolFlag) 	
-	: mParent(parent),
-	mReleasePoolFlag(releasePoolFlag),
-	mMaxSize(size),
-	mPool(NULL)
-{	
-	createAPRPool() ;
-}
-
-LLAPRPool::~LLAPRPool() 
-{
-	releaseAPRPool() ;
-}
-
-void LLAPRPool::createAPRPool()
-{
-	if(mPool)
-	{
-		return ;
-	}
-
-	mStatus = apr_pool_create(&mPool, mParent);
-	ll_apr_warn_status(mStatus) ;
-
-	if(mMaxSize > 0) //size is the number of blocks (which is usually 4K), NOT bytes.
-	{
-		apr_allocator_t *allocator = apr_pool_allocator_get(mPool); 
-		if (allocator) 
-		{ 
-			apr_allocator_max_free_set(allocator, mMaxSize) ;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-void LLAPRPool::releaseAPRPool()
-{
-	if(!mPool)
-	{
-		return ;
-	}
-
-	if(!mParent || mReleasePoolFlag)
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(mPool) ;
-		mPool = NULL ;
-	}
-}
-
-//virtual
-apr_pool_t* LLAPRPool::getAPRPool() 
-{	
-	return mPool ; 
-}
-
-LLVolatileAPRPool::LLVolatileAPRPool(BOOL is_local, apr_pool_t *parent, apr_size_t size, BOOL releasePoolFlag) 
-				  : LLAPRPool(parent, size, releasePoolFlag),
-				  mNumActiveRef(0),
-				  mNumTotalRef(0),
-				  mMutexPool(NULL),
-				  mMutexp(NULL)
-{
-	//create mutex
-	if(!is_local) //not a local apr_pool, that is: shared by multiple threads.
-	{
-		apr_pool_create(&mMutexPool, NULL); // Create a pool for mutex
-		apr_thread_mutex_create(&mMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mMutexPool);
-	}
-}
-
-LLVolatileAPRPool::~LLVolatileAPRPool()
-{
-	//delete mutex
-	if(mMutexp)
-	{
-		apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mMutexp);
-		apr_pool_destroy(mMutexPool);
-	}
-}
-
-//
-//define this virtual function to avoid any mistakenly calling LLAPRPool::getAPRPool().
-//
-//virtual 
-apr_pool_t* LLVolatileAPRPool::getAPRPool() 
-{
-	return LLVolatileAPRPool::getVolatileAPRPool() ;
-}
-
-apr_pool_t* LLVolatileAPRPool::getVolatileAPRPool() 
-{	
-	LLScopedLock lock(mMutexp) ;
-
-	mNumTotalRef++ ;
-	mNumActiveRef++ ;
-
-	if(!mPool)
-	{
-		createAPRPool() ;
-	}
-	
-	return mPool ;
-}
-
-void LLVolatileAPRPool::clearVolatileAPRPool() 
-{
-	LLScopedLock lock(mMutexp) ;
-
-	if(mNumActiveRef > 0)
-	{
-		mNumActiveRef--;
-		if(mNumActiveRef < 1)
-		{
-			if(isFull()) 
-			{
-				mNumTotalRef = 0 ;
-
-				//destroy the apr_pool.
-				releaseAPRPool() ;
-			}
-			else 
-			{
-				//This does not actually free the memory, 
-				//it just allows the pool to re-use this memory for the next allocation. 
-				apr_pool_clear(mPool) ;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		llassert_always(mNumActiveRef > 0) ;
-	}
-
-	//paranoia check if the pool is jammed.
-	//will remove the check before going to release.
-	llassert_always(mNumTotalRef < (FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL << 2)) ;
-}
-
-BOOL LLVolatileAPRPool::isFull()
-{
-	return mNumTotalRef > FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL ;
-}
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // LLScopedLock
@@ -313,15 +109,17 @@ void ll_apr_assert_status(apr_status_t status, apr_dso_handle_t *handle)
 //
 LLAPRFile::LLAPRFile()
 	: mFile(NULL),
-	  mCurrentFilePoolp(NULL)
+	  mVolatileFilePoolp(NULL),
+	  mRegularFilePoolp(NULL)
 {
 }
 
-LLAPRFile::LLAPRFile(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+LLAPRFile::LLAPRFile(std::string const& filename, apr_int32_t flags, S32* sizep, access_t access_type)
 	: mFile(NULL),
-	  mCurrentFilePoolp(NULL)
+	  mVolatileFilePoolp(NULL),
+	  mRegularFilePoolp(NULL)
 {
-	open(filename, flags, pool);
+	open(filename, flags, access_type, sizep);
 }
 
 LLAPRFile::~LLAPRFile()
@@ -338,36 +136,58 @@ apr_status_t LLAPRFile::close()
 		mFile = NULL ;
 	}
 
-	if(mCurrentFilePoolp)
+	if (mVolatileFilePoolp)
 	{
-		mCurrentFilePoolp->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
-		mCurrentFilePoolp = NULL ;
+		mVolatileFilePoolp->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+		mVolatileFilePoolp = NULL ;
+	}
+
+	if (mRegularFilePoolp)
+	{
+		delete mRegularFilePoolp;
+		mRegularFilePoolp = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return ret ;
 }
 
-apr_status_t LLAPRFile::open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool, S32* sizep)
+apr_status_t LLAPRFile::open(std::string const& filename, apr_int32_t flags, access_t access_type, S32* sizep)
 {
-	apr_status_t s ;
-
-	//check if already open some file
-	llassert_always(!mFile) ;
-	llassert_always(!mCurrentFilePoolp) ;
-	
-	apr_pool_t* apr_pool = pool ? pool->getVolatileAPRPool() : NULL ;
-	s = apr_file_open(&mFile, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, getAPRFilePool(apr_pool));
+	llassert_always(!mFile);
+	llassert_always(!mVolatileFilePoolp && !mRegularFilePoolp);
 
-	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !mFile)
+	apr_status_t status;
+	{
+		apr_pool_t* apr_file_open_pool;	// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+										// This is a temporary variable for a pool that is passed directly to apr_file_open below.
+		if (access_type == short_lived)
+		{
+			// Use a "volatile" thread-local pool.
+			mVolatileFilePoolp = &LLThreadLocalData::tldata().mVolatileAPRPool;
+			// Access the pool and increment its reference count.
+			// The reference count of LLVolatileAPRPool objects will be decremented
+			// again in LLAPRFile::close by calling mVolatileFilePoolp->clearVolatileAPRPool().
+			apr_file_open_pool = mVolatileFilePoolp->getVolatileAPRPool();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			mRegularFilePoolp = new LLAPRPool(LLThreadLocalData::tldata().mRootPool);
+			apr_file_open_pool = (*mRegularFilePoolp)();
+		}
+		status = apr_file_open(&mFile, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, apr_file_open_pool);
+	}
+	if (status != APR_SUCCESS || !mFile)
 	{
 		mFile = NULL ;
-		
+		close() ;
 		if (sizep)
 		{
 			*sizep = 0;
 		}
+		return status;
 	}
-	else if (sizep)
+
+	if (sizep)
 	{
 		S32 file_size = 0;
 		apr_off_t offset = 0;
@@ -381,49 +201,7 @@ apr_status_t LLAPRFile::open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, LLV
 		*sizep = file_size;
 	}
 
-	if(!mCurrentFilePoolp)
-	{
-		mCurrentFilePoolp = pool ;
-
-		if(!mFile)
-		{
-			close() ;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return s ;
-}
-
-//use gAPRPoolp.
-apr_status_t LLAPRFile::open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, BOOL use_global_pool)
-{
-	apr_status_t s;
-
-	//check if already open some file
-	llassert_always(!mFile) ;
-	llassert_always(!mCurrentFilePoolp) ;
-	llassert_always(use_global_pool) ; //be aware of using gAPRPoolp.
-	
-	s = apr_file_open(&mFile, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, gAPRPoolp);
-	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !mFile)
-	{
-		mFile = NULL ;
-		close() ;
-		return s;
-	}
-
-	return s;
-}
-
-apr_pool_t* LLAPRFile::getAPRFilePool(apr_pool_t* pool)
-{	
-	if(!pool)
-	{
-		mCurrentFilePoolp = sAPRFilePoolp ;
-		return mCurrentFilePoolp->getVolatileAPRPool() ;
-	}
-
-	return pool ;
+	return status;
 }
 
 // File I/O
@@ -481,45 +259,6 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::seek(apr_seek_where_t where, S32 offset)
 //static components of LLAPRFile
 //
 
-//static
-apr_status_t LLAPRFile::close(apr_file_t* file_handle, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool) 
-{
-	apr_status_t ret = APR_SUCCESS ;
-	if(file_handle)
-	{
-		ret = apr_file_close(file_handle);
-		file_handle = NULL ;
-	}
-
-	if(pool)
-	{
-		pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
-	}
-
-	return ret ;
-}
-
-//static
-apr_file_t* LLAPRFile::open(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool, apr_int32_t flags)
-{
-	apr_status_t s;
-	apr_file_t* file_handle ;
-
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-
-	s = apr_file_open(&file_handle, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
-	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !file_handle)
-	{
-		ll_apr_warn_status(s);
-		LL_WARNS("APR") << " Attempting to open filename: " << filename << LL_ENDL;
-		file_handle = NULL ;
-		close(file_handle, pool) ;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return file_handle ;
-}
-
 //static
 S32 LLAPRFile::seek(apr_file_t* file_handle, apr_seek_where_t where, S32 offset)
 {
@@ -553,13 +292,15 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::seek(apr_file_t* file_handle, apr_seek_where_t where, S32 offset)
 }
 
 //static
-S32 LLAPRFile::readEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+S32 LLAPRFile::readEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes)
 {
-	//*****************************************
-	apr_file_t* file_handle = open(filename, pool, APR_READ|APR_BINARY); 
-	//*****************************************	
-	if (!file_handle)
+	apr_file_t* file_handle;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	apr_status_t s = apr_file_open(&file_handle, filename.c_str(), APR_READ|APR_BINARY, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool);
+	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !file_handle)
 	{
+		ll_apr_warn_status(s);
+		LL_WARNS("APR") << " while attempting to open file \"" << filename << '"' << LL_ENDL;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -589,14 +330,13 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::readEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nb
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//*****************************************
-	close(file_handle, pool) ; 
-	//*****************************************
+	apr_file_close(file_handle);
+
 	return (S32)bytes_read;
 }
 
 //static
-S32 LLAPRFile::writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+S32 LLAPRFile::writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes)
 {
 	apr_int32_t flags = APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY;
 	if (offset < 0)
@@ -605,11 +345,13 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 n
 		offset = 0;
 	}
 	
-	//*****************************************
-	apr_file_t* file_handle = open(filename, pool, flags);
-	//*****************************************
-	if (!file_handle)
+	apr_file_t* file_handle;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	apr_status_t s = apr_file_open(&file_handle, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool);
+	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !file_handle)
 	{
+		ll_apr_warn_status(s);
+		LL_WARNS("APR") << " while attempting to open file \"" << filename << '"' << LL_ENDL;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -639,21 +381,18 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 n
 		}
 	}
 
-	//*****************************************
-	LLAPRFile::close(file_handle, pool);
-	//*****************************************
+	apr_file_close(file_handle);
 
 	return (S32)bytes_written;
 }
 
 //static
-bool LLAPRFile::remove(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+bool LLAPRFile::remove(const std::string& filename)
 {
 	apr_status_t s;
 
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_file_remove(filename.c_str(), pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
-	pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_file_remove(filename.c_str(), pool);
 
 	if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
@@ -665,13 +404,12 @@ bool LLAPRFile::remove(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
 }
 
 //static
-bool LLAPRFile::rename(const std::string& filename, const std::string& newname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+bool LLAPRFile::rename(const std::string& filename, const std::string& newname)
 {
 	apr_status_t s;
 
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_file_rename(filename.c_str(), newname.c_str(), pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
-	pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_file_rename(filename.c_str(), newname.c_str(), pool);
 	
 	if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
@@ -683,49 +421,44 @@ bool LLAPRFile::rename(const std::string& filename, const std::string& newname,
 }
 
 //static
-bool LLAPRFile::isExist(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool, apr_int32_t flags)
+bool LLAPRFile::isExist(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags)
 {
-	apr_file_t* apr_file;
+	apr_file_t* file_handle;
 	apr_status_t s;
 
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_file_open(&apr_file, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool->getVolatileAPRPool());	
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_file_open(&file_handle, filename.c_str(), flags, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool);
 
-	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !apr_file)
+	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !file_handle)
 	{
-		pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
 		return false;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		apr_file_close(apr_file) ;
-		pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+		apr_file_close(file_handle);
 		return true;
 	}
 }
 
 //static
-S32 LLAPRFile::size(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+S32 LLAPRFile::size(const std::string& filename)
 {
-	apr_file_t* apr_file;
+	apr_file_t* file_handle;
 	apr_finfo_t info;
 	apr_status_t s;
 	
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_file_open(&apr_file, filename.c_str(), APR_READ, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_file_open(&file_handle, filename.c_str(), APR_READ, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool);
 	
-	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !apr_file)
+	if (s != APR_SUCCESS || !file_handle)
 	{		
-		pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
-		
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		apr_status_t s = apr_file_info_get(&info, APR_FINFO_SIZE, apr_file);		
+		apr_status_t s = apr_file_info_get(&info, APR_FINFO_SIZE, file_handle);
 
-		apr_file_close(apr_file) ;
-		pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+		apr_file_close(file_handle) ;
 		
 		if (s == APR_SUCCESS)
 		{
@@ -739,31 +472,29 @@ S32 LLAPRFile::size(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
 }
 
 //static
-bool LLAPRFile::makeDir(const std::string& dirname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+bool LLAPRFile::makeDir(const std::string& dirname)
 {
 	apr_status_t s;
 
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_dir_make(dirname.c_str(), APR_FPROT_OS_DEFAULT, pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
-	pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_dir_make(dirname.c_str(), APR_FPROT_OS_DEFAULT, pool);
 		
 	if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
 		ll_apr_warn_status(s);
-		LL_WARNS("APR") << " Attempting to make directory: " << dirname << LL_ENDL;
+		LL_WARNS("APR") << " while attempting to make directory: " << dirname << LL_ENDL;
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
 }
 
 //static
-bool LLAPRFile::removeDir(const std::string& dirname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool)
+bool LLAPRFile::removeDir(const std::string& dirname)
 {
 	apr_status_t s;
 
-	pool = pool ? pool : LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp ;
-	s = apr_file_remove(dirname.c_str(), pool->getVolatileAPRPool());
-	pool->clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+	s = apr_file_remove(dirname.c_str(), pool);
 	
 	if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llapr.h b/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
index af33ce666f1558193d3d2818cf0c3a5e98d6ee7a..3f846f13145034e0d26c33b5f50a09064ddff737 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llapr.h
@@ -50,71 +50,9 @@
 #include "apr_atomic.h"
 #include "llstring.h"
 
-extern LL_COMMON_API apr_thread_mutex_t* gLogMutexp;
-extern apr_thread_mutex_t* gCallStacksLogMutexp;
-
 struct apr_dso_handle_t;
-
-/** 
- * @brief initialize the common apr constructs -- apr itself, the
- * global pool, and a mutex.
- */
-void LL_COMMON_API ll_init_apr();
-
-/** 
- * @brief Cleanup those common apr constructs.
- */
-void LL_COMMON_API ll_cleanup_apr();
-
-//
-//LL apr_pool
-//manage apr_pool_t, destroy allocated apr_pool in the destruction function.
-//
-class LL_COMMON_API LLAPRPool
-{
-public:
-	LLAPRPool(apr_pool_t *parent = NULL, apr_size_t size = 0, BOOL releasePoolFlag = TRUE) ;
-	virtual ~LLAPRPool() ;
-
-	virtual apr_pool_t* getAPRPool() ;
-	apr_status_t getStatus() {return mStatus ; }
-
-protected:
-	void releaseAPRPool() ;
-	void createAPRPool() ;
-
-protected:
-	apr_pool_t*  mPool ;              //pointing to an apr_pool
-	apr_pool_t*  mParent ;			  //parent pool
-	apr_size_t   mMaxSize ;           //max size of mPool, mPool should return memory to system if allocated memory beyond this limit. However it seems not to work.
-	apr_status_t mStatus ;            //status when creating the pool
-	BOOL         mReleasePoolFlag ;   //if set, mPool is destroyed when LLAPRPool is deleted. default value is true.
-};
-
-//
-//volatile LL apr_pool
-//which clears memory automatically.
-//so it can not hold static data or data after memory is cleared
-//
-class LL_COMMON_API LLVolatileAPRPool : public LLAPRPool
-{
-public:
-	LLVolatileAPRPool(BOOL is_local = TRUE, apr_pool_t *parent = NULL, apr_size_t size = 0, BOOL releasePoolFlag = TRUE);
-	virtual ~LLVolatileAPRPool();
-
-	/*virtual*/ apr_pool_t* getAPRPool() ; //define this virtual function to avoid any mistakenly calling LLAPRPool::getAPRPool().
-	apr_pool_t* getVolatileAPRPool() ;	
-	void        clearVolatileAPRPool() ;
-
-	BOOL        isFull() ;
-	
-private:
-	S32 mNumActiveRef ; //number of active pointers pointing to the apr_pool.
-	S32 mNumTotalRef ;  //number of total pointers pointing to the apr_pool since last creating.  
-
-	apr_thread_mutex_t *mMutexp;
-	apr_pool_t         *mMutexPool;
-} ;
+class LLAPRPool;
+class LLVolatileAPRPool;
 
 /** 
  * @class LLScopedLock
@@ -205,15 +143,20 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLAPRFile : boost::noncopyable
 	// make this non copyable since a copy closes the file
 private:
 	apr_file_t* mFile ;
-	LLVolatileAPRPool *mCurrentFilePoolp ; //currently in use apr_pool, could be one of them: sAPRFilePoolp, or a temp pool. 
+	LLVolatileAPRPool* mVolatileFilePoolp;	// (Thread local) APR pool currently in use.
+	LLAPRPool* mRegularFilePoolp;		// ...or a regular pool.
 
 public:
+	enum access_t {
+		long_lived,		// Use a global pool for long-lived file accesses.
+		short_lived		// Use a volatile pool for short-lived file accesses.
+	};
+
 	LLAPRFile() ;
-	LLAPRFile(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
+	LLAPRFile(std::string const& filename, apr_int32_t flags, S32* sizep = NULL, access_t access_type = short_lived);
 	~LLAPRFile() ;
-	
-	apr_status_t open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL, S32* sizep = NULL);
-	apr_status_t open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, BOOL use_global_pool); //use gAPRPoolp.
+
+	apr_status_t open(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags, access_t access_type, S32* sizep = NULL);
 	apr_status_t close() ;
 
 	// Returns actual offset, -1 if seek fails
@@ -226,32 +169,24 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLAPRFile : boost::noncopyable
 	
 	apr_file_t* getFileHandle() {return mFile;}	
 
-private:
-	apr_pool_t* getAPRFilePool(apr_pool_t* pool) ;	
-	
 //
 //*******************************************************************************************************************************
 //static components
 //
-public:
-	static LLVolatileAPRPool *sAPRFilePoolp ; //a global apr_pool for APRFile, which is used only when local pool does not exist.
-
 private:
-	static apr_file_t* open(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool, apr_int32_t flags);
-	static apr_status_t close(apr_file_t* file, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool) ;
 	static S32 seek(apr_file_t* file, apr_seek_where_t where, S32 offset);
 public:
 	// returns false if failure:
-	static bool remove(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
-	static bool rename(const std::string& filename, const std::string& newname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
-	static bool isExist(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL, apr_int32_t flags = APR_READ);
-	static S32 size(const std::string& filename, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
-	static bool makeDir(const std::string& dirname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
-	static bool removeDir(const std::string& dirname, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);
+	static bool remove(const std::string& filename);
+	static bool rename(const std::string& filename, const std::string& newname);
+	static bool isExist(const std::string& filename, apr_int32_t flags = APR_READ);
+	static S32 size(const std::string& filename);
+	static bool makeDir(const std::string& dirname);
+	static bool removeDir(const std::string& dirname);
 
 	// Returns bytes read/written, 0 if read/write fails:
-	static S32 readEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL);	
-	static S32 writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes, LLVolatileAPRPool* pool = NULL); // offset<0 means append
+	static S32 readEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes);	
+	static S32 writeEx(const std::string& filename, void *buf, S32 offset, S32 nbytes); // offset<0 means append
 //*******************************************************************************************************************************
 };
 
@@ -267,6 +202,4 @@ bool LL_COMMON_API ll_apr_warn_status(apr_status_t status, apr_dso_handle_t* han
 void LL_COMMON_API ll_apr_assert_status(apr_status_t status);
 void LL_COMMON_API ll_apr_assert_status(apr_status_t status, apr_dso_handle_t* handle);
 
-extern "C" LL_COMMON_API apr_pool_t* gAPRPoolp; // Global APR memory pool
-
 #endif // LL_LLAPR_H
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f21b61b65e23df52654d4e3dd70a43828c4cc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/**
+ * @file llaprpool.cpp
+ *
+ * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2011&license=viewerlgpl$
+ * Second Life Viewer Source Code
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Linden Research, Inc.
+ * 
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License only.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ * 
+ * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA  94111  USA
+ * $/LicenseInfo$
+ *
+ * CHANGELOG
+ *   and additional copyright holders.
+ *
+ *   04/04/2010
+ *   - Initial version, written by Aleric Inglewood @ SL
+ *
+ *   10/11/2010
+ *   - Added APR_HAS_THREADS #if's to allow creation and destruction
+ *     of subpools by threads other than the parent pool owner.
+ */
+
+#include "linden_common.h"
+
+#include "llerror.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
+#include "llthread.h"
+
+// Create a subpool from parent.
+void LLAPRPool::create(LLAPRPool& parent)
+{
+	llassert(!mPool);			// Must be non-initialized.
+	mParent = &parent;
+	if (!mParent)				// Using the default parameter?
+	{
+		// By default use the root pool of the current thread.
+		mParent = &LLThreadLocalData::tldata().mRootPool;
+	}
+	llassert(mParent->mPool);	// Parent must be initialized.
+#if APR_HAS_THREADS
+	// As per the documentation of APR (ie http://apr.apache.org/docs/apr/1.4/apr__pools_8h.html):
+	//
+	// Note that most operations on pools are not thread-safe: a single pool should only be
+	// accessed by a single thread at any given time. The one exception to this rule is creating
+	// a subpool of a given pool: one or more threads can safely create subpools at the same
+	// time that another thread accesses the parent pool.
+	//
+	// In other words, it's safe for any thread to create a (sub)pool, independent of who
+	// owns the parent pool.
+	mOwner = apr_os_thread_current();
+#else
+	mOwner = mParent->mOwner;
+	llassert(apr_os_thread_equal(mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+#endif
+	apr_status_t const apr_pool_create_status = apr_pool_create(&mPool, mParent->mPool);
+	llassert_always(apr_pool_create_status == APR_SUCCESS);
+	llassert(mPool);			// Initialized.
+	apr_pool_cleanup_register(mPool, this, &s_plain_cleanup, &apr_pool_cleanup_null);
+}
+
+// Destroy the (sub)pool, if any.
+void LLAPRPool::destroy(void)
+{
+	// Only do anything if we are not already (being) destroyed.
+	if (mPool)
+	{
+#if !APR_HAS_THREADS
+		// If we are a root pool, then every thread may destruct us: in that case
+		// we have to assume that no other thread will use this pool concurrently,
+		// of course. Otherwise, if we are a subpool, only the thread that owns
+		// the parent may destruct us, since that is the pool that is still alive,
+		// possibly being used by others and being altered here.
+		llassert(!mParent || apr_os_thread_equal(mParent->mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+#endif
+		apr_pool_t* pool = mPool;	// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+									// Temporary store before destroying the pool.
+		mPool = NULL;				// Mark that we are BEING destructed.
+		apr_pool_cleanup_kill(pool, this, &s_plain_cleanup);
+		apr_pool_destroy(pool);
+	}
+}
+
+bool LLAPRPool::parent_is_being_destructed(void)
+{
+	return mParent && (!mParent->mPool || mParent->parent_is_being_destructed());
+}
+
+LLAPRInitialization::LLAPRInitialization(void)
+{
+	static bool apr_initialized = false;
+
+	if (!apr_initialized)
+	{
+		apr_initialize();
+	}
+
+	apr_initialized = true;
+}
+
+bool LLAPRRootPool::sCountInitialized = false;
+apr_uint32_t volatile LLAPRRootPool::sCount;
+
+apr_thread_mutex_t* gLogMutexp;
+apr_thread_mutex_t* gCallStacksLogMutexp;
+
+LLAPRRootPool::LLAPRRootPool(void) : LLAPRInitialization(), LLAPRPool(0)
+{
+	// sCountInitialized don't need locking because when we get here there is still only a single thread.
+	if (!sCountInitialized)
+	{
+		// Initialize the logging mutex
+		apr_thread_mutex_create(&gLogMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mPool);
+		apr_thread_mutex_create(&gCallStacksLogMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mPool);
+
+		apr_status_t status = apr_atomic_init(mPool);
+		llassert_always(status == APR_SUCCESS);
+		apr_atomic_set32(&sCount, 1);	// Set to 1 to account for the global root pool.
+		sCountInitialized = true;
+
+		// Initialize thread-local APR pool support.
+		// Because this recursively calls LLAPRRootPool::LLAPRRootPool(void)
+		// it must be done last, so that sCount is already initialized.
+		LLThreadLocalData::init();
+	}
+	apr_atomic_inc32(&sCount);
+}
+
+LLAPRRootPool::~LLAPRRootPool()
+{
+	if (!apr_atomic_dec32(&sCount))
+	{
+		// The last pool was destructed. Cleanup remainder of APR.
+		LL_INFOS("APR") << "Cleaning up APR" << LL_ENDL;
+
+		if (gLogMutexp)
+		{
+			// Clean up the logging mutex
+
+			// All other threads NEED to be done before we clean up APR, so this is okay.
+			apr_thread_mutex_destroy(gLogMutexp);
+			gLogMutexp = NULL;
+		}
+		if (gCallStacksLogMutexp)
+		{
+			// Clean up the logging mutex
+
+			// All other threads NEED to be done before we clean up APR, so this is okay.
+			apr_thread_mutex_destroy(gCallStacksLogMutexp);
+			gCallStacksLogMutexp = NULL;
+		}
+
+		// Must destroy ALL, and therefore this last LLAPRRootPool, before terminating APR.
+		static_cast<LLAPRRootPool*>(this)->destroy();
+
+		apr_terminate();
+	}
+}
+
+//static
+// Return a global root pool that is independent of LLThreadLocalData.
+// Normally you should NOT use this. Only use for early initialization
+// (before main) and deinitialization (after main).
+LLAPRRootPool& LLAPRRootPool::get(void)
+{
+  static LLAPRRootPool global_APRpool(0);
+  return global_APRpool;
+}
+
+void LLVolatileAPRPool::clearVolatileAPRPool()
+{
+	llassert_always(mNumActiveRef > 0);
+	if (--mNumActiveRef == 0)
+	{
+		if (isOld())
+		{
+			destroy();
+			mNumTotalRef = 0 ;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// This does not actually free the memory,
+			// it just allows the pool to re-use this memory for the next allocation.
+			clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Paranoia check if the pool is jammed.
+	llassert(mNumTotalRef < (FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL << 2)) ;
+}
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.h b/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf4102c5849e98f1e78095ee22131b8263d5b744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llaprpool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+/**
+ * @file llaprpool.h
+ * @brief Implementation of LLAPRPool
+ *
+ * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2011&license=viewerlgpl$
+ * Second Life Viewer Source Code
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Linden Research, Inc.
+ * 
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License only.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ * 
+ * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA  94111  USA
+ * $/LicenseInfo$
+ *
+ * CHANGELOG
+ *   and additional copyright holders.
+ *
+ *   04/04/2010
+ *   - Initial version, written by Aleric Inglewood @ SL
+ *
+ *   10/11/2010
+ *   - Added APR_HAS_THREADS #if's to allow creation and destruction
+ *     of subpools by threads other than the parent pool owner.
+ *
+ *   05/02/2011
+ *   - Fixed compilation on windows: Suppress compile warning 4996
+ *     and include <winsock2.h> before including <ws2tcpip.h>,
+ *     by Merov Linden @ SL.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LL_LLAPRPOOL_H
+#define LL_LLAPRPOOL_H
+
+#ifdef LL_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning(push)
+#pragma warning(disable:4996)
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>		// Needed before including apr_portable.h
+#pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+
+#include "apr_portable.h"
+#include "apr_pools.h"
+#include "llerror.h"
+
+extern void ll_init_apr();
+
+/**
+ * @brief A wrapper around the APR memory pool API.
+ *
+ * Usage of this class should be restricted to passing it to libapr-1 function calls that need it.
+ *
+ */
+class LL_COMMON_API LLAPRPool
+{
+protected:
+	//! Pointer to the underlaying pool. NULL if not initialized.
+	apr_pool_t* mPool;		// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+							// This is the wrapped pointer that it is all about!
+	//! Pointer to the parent pool, if any. Only valid when mPool is non-zero.
+	LLAPRPool* mParent;
+	//! The thread that owns this memory pool. Only valid when mPool is non-zero.
+	apr_os_thread_t mOwner;
+
+public:
+	/// Construct an uninitialized (destructed) pool.
+	LLAPRPool(void) : mPool(NULL) { }
+
+	/// Construct a subpool from an existing pool.
+	/// This is not a copy-constructor, this class doesn't have one!
+	LLAPRPool(LLAPRPool& parent) : mPool(NULL) { create(parent); }
+
+	/// Destruct the memory pool (free all of its subpools and allocated memory).
+	~LLAPRPool() { destroy(); }
+
+protected:
+	/// Create a pool that is allocated from the Operating System. Only used by LLAPRRootPool.
+	LLAPRPool(int) : mPool(NULL), mParent(NULL), mOwner(apr_os_thread_current())
+	{
+		apr_status_t const apr_pool_create_status = apr_pool_create(&mPool, NULL);
+		llassert_always(apr_pool_create_status == APR_SUCCESS);
+		llassert(mPool);
+		apr_pool_cleanup_register(mPool, this, &s_plain_cleanup, &apr_pool_cleanup_null);
+	}
+
+public:
+	/// Create a subpool from parent. May only be called for an uninitialized/destroyed pool.
+	/// The default parameter causes the root pool of the current thread to be used.
+	void create(LLAPRPool& parent = *static_cast<LLAPRPool*>(NULL));
+
+	/// Destroy the (sub)pool, if any.
+	void destroy(void);
+
+	// Use some safebool idiom (http://www.artima.com/cppsource/safebool.html) rather than operator bool.
+	typedef LLAPRPool* const LLAPRPool::* const bool_type;
+	/// Return true if the pool is initialized.
+	operator bool_type() const { return mPool ? &LLAPRPool::mParent : 0; }
+
+	/// Painful, but we have to either provide access to this, or wrap
+	/// every APR function call that needs an apr pool as argument.
+	/// NEVER destroy a pool that is returned by this function!
+	apr_pool_t* operator()(void) const		// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+	  										// This is the accessor for passing the pool to libapr-1 functions.
+	{
+		llassert(mPool);
+		llassert(apr_os_thread_equal(mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+		return mPool;
+	}
+
+	/// Free all memory without destructing the pool.
+	void clear(void)
+	{
+		llassert(mPool);
+		llassert(apr_os_thread_equal(mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+		apr_pool_clear(mPool);
+	}
+
+// These methods would make this class 'complete' (as wrapper around the libapr
+// pool functions), but we don't use memory pools in the viewer (only when
+// we are forced to pass one to a libapr call), so don't define them in order
+// not to encourage people to use them.
+#if 0
+	void* palloc(size_t size)
+	{
+		llassert(mPool);
+		llassert(apr_os_thread_equal(mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+		return apr_palloc(mPool, size);
+	}
+	void* pcalloc(size_t size)
+	{
+		llassert(mPool);
+		llassert(apr_os_thread_equal(mOwner, apr_os_thread_current()));
+		return apr_pcalloc(mPool, size);
+	}
+#endif
+
+private:
+	bool parent_is_being_destructed(void);
+	static apr_status_t s_plain_cleanup(void* userdata) { return static_cast<LLAPRPool*>(userdata)->plain_cleanup(); }
+
+	apr_status_t plain_cleanup(void)
+	{
+		if (mPool && 						// We are not being destructed,
+			parent_is_being_destructed())	// but our parent is.
+		  // This means the pool is being destructed recursively by libapr
+		  // because one of its parents is being destructed.
+		{
+			mPool = NULL;	// Stop destroy() from destructing the pool again.
+		}
+		return APR_SUCCESS;
+	}
+};
+
+class LLAPRInitialization
+{
+public:
+	LLAPRInitialization(void);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Root memory pool (allocates memory from the operating system).
+ *
+ * This class should only be used by LLThreadLocalData
+ * (and LLMutexRootPool when APR_HAS_THREADS isn't defined).
+ */
+class LL_COMMON_API LLAPRRootPool : public LLAPRInitialization, public LLAPRPool
+{
+private:
+	/// Construct a root memory pool. Should only be used by LLThreadLocalData and LLMutexRootPool.
+	friend class LLThreadLocalData;
+#if !APR_HAS_THREADS
+	friend class LLMutexRootPool;
+#endif
+	/// Construct a root memory pool.
+	/// Should only be used by LLThreadLocalData.
+	LLAPRRootPool(void);
+	~LLAPRRootPool();
+
+private:
+	// Keep track of how many root pools exist and when the last one is destructed.
+	static bool sCountInitialized;
+	static apr_uint32_t volatile sCount;
+
+public:
+	// Return a global root pool that is independent of LLThreadLocalData.
+	// Normally you should not use this. Only use for early initialization
+	// (before main) and deinitialization (after main).
+	static LLAPRRootPool& get(void);
+
+#if APR_POOL_DEBUG
+	void grab_ownership(void)
+	{
+		// You need a patched libapr to use this.
+		// See http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/5XO9y2zoxUOMt6Gmi1OI
+		apr_pool_owner_set(mPool);
+	}
+#endif
+
+private:
+	// Used for constructing the Special Global Root Pool (returned by LLAPRRootPool::get).
+	// It is the same as the default constructor but omits to increment sCount. As a result,
+	// we must be sure that at least one other LLAPRRootPool is created before termination
+	// of the application (which is the case: we create one LLAPRRootPool per thread).
+	LLAPRRootPool(int) : LLAPRInitialization(), LLAPRPool(0) { }
+};
+
+/** Volatile memory pool
+ *
+ * 'Volatile' APR memory pool which normally only clears memory,
+ * and does not destroy the pool (the same pool is reused) for
+ * greater efficiency. However, as a safe guard the apr pool
+ * is destructed every FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL uses to allow
+ * the system memory to be allocated more efficiently and not
+ * get scattered through RAM.
+ */
+class LL_COMMON_API LLVolatileAPRPool : protected LLAPRPool
+{
+public:
+	LLVolatileAPRPool(void) : mNumActiveRef(0), mNumTotalRef(0) { }
+
+	void clearVolatileAPRPool(void);
+
+	bool isOld(void) const { return mNumTotalRef > FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL; }
+	bool isUnused() const { return mNumActiveRef == 0; }
+
+private:
+	friend class LLScopedVolatileAPRPool;
+	friend class LLAPRFile;
+	apr_pool_t* getVolatileAPRPool(void)	// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+	{
+		if (!mPool) create();
+		++mNumActiveRef;
+		++mNumTotalRef;
+		return LLAPRPool::operator()();
+	}
+
+private:
+	S32 mNumActiveRef;	// Number of active uses of the pool.
+	S32 mNumTotalRef;	// Number of total uses of the pool since last creation.
+
+	// Maximum number of references to LLVolatileAPRPool until the pool is recreated.
+	static S32 const FULL_VOLATILE_APR_POOL = 1024;
+};
+
+#endif // LL_LLAPRPOOL_H
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llcommon.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llcommon.cpp
index 8be9e4f4de28ef135295efef826e5eb4608e1373..b8a739485250f74f4f70285bc12a7f779cc0d1df 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llcommon.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llcommon.cpp
@@ -30,18 +30,10 @@
 #include "llmemory.h"
 #include "llthread.h"
 
-//static
-BOOL LLCommon::sAprInitialized = FALSE;
-
 //static
 void LLCommon::initClass()
 {
 	LLMemory::initClass();
-	if (!sAprInitialized)
-	{
-		ll_init_apr();
-		sAprInitialized = TRUE;
-	}
 	LLTimer::initClass();
 	LLThreadSafeRefCount::initThreadSafeRefCount();
 // 	LLWorkerThread::initClass();
@@ -55,10 +47,5 @@ void LLCommon::cleanupClass()
 // 	LLWorkerThread::cleanupClass();
 	LLThreadSafeRefCount::cleanupThreadSafeRefCount();
 	LLTimer::cleanupClass();
-	if (sAprInitialized)
-	{
-		ll_cleanup_apr();
-		sAprInitialized = FALSE;
-	}
 	LLMemory::cleanupClass();
 }
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llcommon.h b/indra/llcommon/llcommon.h
index ca9cad5d05ed9d8a744cd68a9c59c9d000bc2e6b..171590f3d807ba667457c4533e6c8e6037780f70 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llcommon.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llcommon.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLCommon
 public:
 	static void initClass();
 	static void cleanupClass();
-private:
-	static BOOL sAprInitialized;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llerror.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llerror.cpp
index bb64152407e56748222303fc31192d557dd3234d..75048073ca4703b37c76a14930126e8f0537666a 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llerror.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llerror.cpp
@@ -866,6 +866,9 @@ You get:
 	
 */
 
+extern apr_thread_mutex_t* gLogMutexp;
+extern apr_thread_mutex_t* gCallStacksLogMutexp;
+
 namespace {
 	bool checkLevelMap(const LevelMap& map, const std::string& key,
 						LLError::ELevel& level)
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llerror.h b/indra/llcommon/llerror.h
index 4a42241c4f2b5a10d058deee993085ae8940d249..15d167c32ed24160e5ac842cc9e2c825cd58137b 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llerror.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llerror.h
@@ -296,5 +296,4 @@ typedef LLError::NoClassInfo _LL_CLASS_TO_LOG;
 		Such computation is done iff the message will be logged.
 	*/
 
-
 #endif // LL_LLERROR_H
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llfixedbuffer.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llfixedbuffer.cpp
index d394f179fb52fd674854f724c9fd2721f00ec567..4b5cdbe28859dccd6c84d30e90f96133138b5696 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llfixedbuffer.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llfixedbuffer.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
 LLFixedBuffer::LLFixedBuffer(const U32 max_lines)
 	: LLLineBuffer(),
-	  mMaxLines(max_lines),
-	  mMutex(NULL)
+	  mMaxLines(max_lines)
 {
 	mTimer.reset();
 }
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llscopedvolatileaprpool.h b/indra/llcommon/llscopedvolatileaprpool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dbaf4edcad96d1591b2ca3cd8eee13bb360a9628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llscopedvolatileaprpool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * @file llscopedvolatileaprpool.h
+ * @brief Implementation of LLScopedVolatileAPRPool
+ *
+ * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2010&license=viewerlgpl$
+ * Second Life Viewer Source Code
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Linden Research, Inc.
+ * 
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License only.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ * 
+ * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA  94111  USA
+ * $/LicenseInfo$
+ */
+
+#ifndef LL_LLSCOPEDVOLATILEAPRPOOL_H
+#define LL_LLSCOPEDVOLATILEAPRPOOL_H
+
+#include "llthread.h"
+
+/** Scoped volatile memory pool.
+ *
+ * As the LLVolatileAPRPool should never keep allocations very
+ * long, its most common use is for allocations with a lifetime
+ * equal to it's scope.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience class that makes just a little easier to type.
+ */
+class LL_COMMON_API LLScopedVolatileAPRPool
+{
+private:
+	LLVolatileAPRPool& mPool;
+	apr_pool_t* mScopedAPRpool;		// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+public:
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool() : mPool(LLThreadLocalData::tldata().mVolatileAPRPool), mScopedAPRpool(mPool.getVolatileAPRPool()) { }
+	~LLScopedVolatileAPRPool() { mPool.clearVolatileAPRPool(); }
+	//! @attention Only use this to pass the underlaying pointer to a libapr-1 function that requires it.
+	operator apr_pool_t*() const { return mScopedAPRpool; }		// The use of apr_pool_t is OK here.
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llthread.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llthread.cpp
index 49d05ef4114ddd5fb3df5c8a777e0c13dbaa4e38..4917e3b9351dcd2d94ce84ed1ed05389f29ad2f2 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llthread.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llthread.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ void *APR_THREAD_FUNC LLThread::staticRun(apr_thread_t *apr_threadp, void *datap
 {
 	LLThread *threadp = (LLThread *)datap;
 
+	// Create a thread local data.
+	LLThreadLocalData::create(threadp);
+
 	// Run the user supplied function
 	threadp->run();
 
@@ -75,38 +78,20 @@ void *APR_THREAD_FUNC LLThread::staticRun(apr_thread_t *apr_threadp, void *datap
 }
 
 
-LLThread::LLThread(const std::string& name, apr_pool_t *poolp) :
-	mPaused(FALSE),
+LLThread::LLThread(std::string const& name) :
+	mPaused(false),
 	mName(name),
 	mAPRThreadp(NULL),
-	mStatus(STOPPED)
+	mStatus(STOPPED),
+	mThreadLocalData(NULL)
 {
-	// Thread creation probably CAN be paranoid about APR being initialized, if necessary
-	if (poolp)
-	{
-		mIsLocalPool = FALSE;
-		mAPRPoolp = poolp;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		mIsLocalPool = TRUE;
-		apr_pool_create(&mAPRPoolp, NULL); // Create a subpool for this thread
-	}
-	mRunCondition = new LLCondition(mAPRPoolp);
-
-	mLocalAPRFilePoolp = NULL ;
+	mRunCondition = new LLCondition;
 }
 
 
 LLThread::~LLThread()
 {
 	shutdown();
-
-	if(mLocalAPRFilePoolp)
-	{
-		delete mLocalAPRFilePoolp ;
-		mLocalAPRFilePoolp = NULL ;
-	}
 }
 
 void LLThread::shutdown()
@@ -143,7 +128,7 @@ void LLThread::shutdown()
 		if (!isStopped())
 		{
 			// This thread just wouldn't stop, even though we gave it time
-			llwarns << "LLThread::~LLThread() exiting thread before clean exit!" << llendl;
+			llwarns << "LLThread::shutdown() exiting thread before clean exit!" << llendl;
 			// Put a stake in its heart.
 			apr_thread_exit(mAPRThreadp, -1);
 			return;
@@ -153,15 +138,8 @@ void LLThread::shutdown()
 
 	delete mRunCondition;
 	mRunCondition = 0;
-	
-	if (mIsLocalPool && mAPRPoolp)
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(mAPRPoolp);
-		mAPRPoolp = 0;
-	}
 }
 
-
 void LLThread::start()
 {
 	llassert(isStopped());
@@ -170,7 +148,7 @@ void LLThread::start()
 	mStatus = RUNNING;
 
 	apr_status_t status =
-		apr_thread_create(&mAPRThreadp, NULL, staticRun, (void *)this, mAPRPoolp);
+		apr_thread_create(&mAPRThreadp, NULL, staticRun, (void *)this, tldata().mRootPool());
 	
 	if(status == APR_SUCCESS)
 	{	
@@ -195,7 +173,7 @@ void LLThread::pause()
 	if (!mPaused)
 	{
 		// this will cause the thread to stop execution as soon as checkPause() is called
-		mPaused = 1;		// Does not need to be atomic since this is only set/unset from the main thread
+		mPaused = true;		// Does not need to be atomic since this is only set/unset from the main thread
 	}	
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +181,7 @@ void LLThread::unpause()
 {
 	if (mPaused)
 	{
-		mPaused = 0;
+		mPaused = false;
 	}
 
 	wake(); // wake up the thread if necessary
@@ -280,85 +258,76 @@ void LLThread::wakeLocked()
 	}
 }
 
-//============================================================================
-
-LLMutex::LLMutex(apr_pool_t *poolp) :
-	mAPRMutexp(NULL)
-{
-	//if (poolp)
-	//{
-	//	mIsLocalPool = FALSE;
-	//	mAPRPoolp = poolp;
-	//}
-	//else
-	{
-		mIsLocalPool = TRUE;
-		apr_pool_create(&mAPRPoolp, NULL); // Create a subpool for this thread
-	}
-	apr_thread_mutex_create(&mAPRMutexp, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mAPRPoolp);
-}
+#ifdef SHOW_ASSERT
+// This allows the use of llassert(is_main_thread()) to assure the current thread is the main thread.
+static apr_os_thread_t main_thread_id;
+LL_COMMON_API bool is_main_thread(void) { return apr_os_thread_equal(main_thread_id, apr_os_thread_current()); }
+#endif
 
+// The thread private handle to access the LLThreadLocalData instance.
+apr_threadkey_t* LLThreadLocalData::sThreadLocalDataKey;
 
-LLMutex::~LLMutex()
+//static
+void LLThreadLocalData::init(void)
 {
-#if MUTEX_DEBUG
-	llassert_always(!isLocked()); // better not be locked!
-#endif
-	apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mAPRMutexp);
-	mAPRMutexp = NULL;
-	if (mIsLocalPool)
+	// Only do this once.
+	if (sThreadLocalDataKey)
 	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(mAPRPoolp);
+		return;
 	}
-}
 
+	apr_status_t status = apr_threadkey_private_create(&sThreadLocalDataKey, &LLThreadLocalData::destroy, LLAPRRootPool::get()());
+	ll_apr_assert_status(status);   // Or out of memory, or system-imposed limit on the
+									// total number of keys per process {PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX}
+									// has been exceeded.
 
-void LLMutex::lock()
-{
-	apr_thread_mutex_lock(mAPRMutexp);
-#if MUTEX_DEBUG
-	// Have to have the lock before we can access the debug info
-	U32 id = LLThread::currentID();
-	if (mIsLocked[id] != FALSE)
-		llerrs << "Already locked in Thread: " << id << llendl;
-	mIsLocked[id] = TRUE;
+	// Create the thread-local data for the main thread (this function is called by the main thread).
+	LLThreadLocalData::create(NULL);
+
+#ifdef SHOW_ASSERT
+	// This function is called by the main thread.
+	main_thread_id = apr_os_thread_current();
 #endif
 }
 
-void LLMutex::unlock()
+// This is called once for every thread when the thread is destructed.
+//static
+void LLThreadLocalData::destroy(void* thread_local_data)
 {
-#if MUTEX_DEBUG
-	// Access the debug info while we have the lock
-	U32 id = LLThread::currentID();
-	if (mIsLocked[id] != TRUE)
-		llerrs << "Not locked in Thread: " << id << llendl;	
-	mIsLocked[id] = FALSE;
-#endif
-	apr_thread_mutex_unlock(mAPRMutexp);
+	delete static_cast<LLThreadLocalData*>(thread_local_data);
 }
 
-bool LLMutex::isLocked()
+//static
+void LLThreadLocalData::create(LLThread* threadp)
 {
-	apr_status_t status = apr_thread_mutex_trylock(mAPRMutexp);
-	if (APR_STATUS_IS_EBUSY(status))
+	LLThreadLocalData* new_tld = new LLThreadLocalData;
+	if (threadp)
 	{
-		return true;
+		threadp->mThreadLocalData = new_tld;
 	}
-	else
+	apr_status_t status = apr_threadkey_private_set(new_tld, sThreadLocalDataKey);
+	llassert_always(status == APR_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+//static
+LLThreadLocalData& LLThreadLocalData::tldata(void)
+{
+	if (!sThreadLocalDataKey)
 	{
-		apr_thread_mutex_unlock(mAPRMutexp);
-		return false;
+		LLThreadLocalData::init();
 	}
+
+	void* data;
+	apr_status_t status = apr_threadkey_private_get(&data, sThreadLocalDataKey);
+	llassert_always(status == APR_SUCCESS);
+	return *static_cast<LLThreadLocalData*>(data);
 }
 
 //============================================================================
 
-LLCondition::LLCondition(apr_pool_t *poolp) :
-	LLMutex(poolp)
+LLCondition::LLCondition(LLAPRPool& parent) : LLMutex(parent)
 {
-	// base class (LLMutex) has already ensured that mAPRPoolp is set up.
-
-	apr_thread_cond_create(&mAPRCondp, mAPRPoolp);
+	apr_thread_cond_create(&mAPRCondp, mPool());
 }
 
 
@@ -396,7 +365,7 @@ void LLThreadSafeRefCount::initThreadSafeRefCount()
 {
 	if (!sMutex)
 	{
-		sMutex = new LLMutex(0);
+		sMutex = new LLMutex;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llthread.h b/indra/llcommon/llthread.h
index f1c6cd75af30a2922760bd9eee85fa30e8fbeb98..757832b8ca4356451fc7eaf151ebe7601f90ade9 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llthread.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llthread.h
@@ -29,12 +29,34 @@
 
 #include "llapp.h"
 #include "llapr.h"
+#include "llmemory.h"
 #include "apr_thread_cond.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
+
+#ifdef SHOW_ASSERT
+extern LL_COMMON_API bool is_main_thread(void);
+#endif
 
 class LLThread;
 class LLMutex;
 class LLCondition;
 
+class LL_COMMON_API LLThreadLocalData
+{
+private:
+	static apr_threadkey_t* sThreadLocalDataKey;
+
+public:
+	// Thread-local memory pools.
+	LLAPRRootPool mRootPool;
+	LLVolatileAPRPool mVolatileAPRPool;
+
+	static void init(void);
+	static void destroy(void* thread_local_data);
+	static void create(LLThread* pthread);
+	static LLThreadLocalData& tldata(void);
+};
+
 class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 {
 public:
@@ -45,7 +67,7 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 		QUITTING= 2 	// Someone wants this thread to quit
 	} EThreadStatus;
 
-	LLThread(const std::string& name, apr_pool_t *poolp = NULL);
+	LLThread(std::string const& name);
 	virtual ~LLThread(); // Warning!  You almost NEVER want to destroy a thread unless it's in the STOPPED state.
 	virtual void shutdown(); // stops the thread
 	
@@ -60,7 +82,7 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 	// Called from MAIN THREAD.
 	void pause();
 	void unpause();
-	bool isPaused() { return isStopped() || mPaused == TRUE; }
+	bool isPaused() { return isStopped() || mPaused; }
 	
 	// Cause the thread to wake up and check its condition
 	void wake();
@@ -74,11 +96,11 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 	// this kicks off the apr thread
 	void start(void);
 
-	apr_pool_t *getAPRPool() { return mAPRPoolp; }
-	LLVolatileAPRPool* getLocalAPRFilePool() { return mLocalAPRFilePoolp ; }
+	// Return thread-local data for the current thread.
+	static LLThreadLocalData& tldata(void) { return LLThreadLocalData::tldata(); }
 
 private:
-	BOOL				mPaused;
+	bool				mPaused;
 	
 	// static function passed to APR thread creation routine
 	static void *APR_THREAD_FUNC staticRun(apr_thread_t *apr_threadp, void *datap);
@@ -88,14 +110,10 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 	LLCondition*		mRunCondition;
 
 	apr_thread_t		*mAPRThreadp;
-	apr_pool_t			*mAPRPoolp;
-	BOOL				mIsLocalPool;
 	EThreadStatus		mStatus;
 
-	//a local apr_pool for APRFile operations in this thread. If it exists, LLAPRFile::sAPRFilePoolp should not be used.
-	//Note: this pool is used by APRFile ONLY, do NOT use it for any other purposes.
-	//      otherwise it will cause severe memory leaking!!! --bao
-	LLVolatileAPRPool  *mLocalAPRFilePoolp ; 
+	friend void LLThreadLocalData::create(LLThread* threadp);
+	LLThreadLocalData*	mThreadLocalData;
 
 	void setQuitting();
 	
@@ -125,30 +143,80 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThread
 
 #define MUTEX_DEBUG (LL_DEBUG || LL_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUG_INFO)
 
-class LL_COMMON_API LLMutex
+#ifdef MUTEX_DEBUG
+// We really shouldn't be using recursive locks. Make sure of that in debug mode.
+#define MUTEX_FLAG APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED
+#else
+// Use the fastest platform-optimal lock behavior (can be recursive or non-recursive).
+#define MUTEX_FLAG APR_THREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
+#endif
+
+class LL_COMMON_API LLMutexBase
 {
 public:
-	LLMutex(apr_pool_t *apr_poolp); // NULL pool constructs a new pool for the mutex
-	virtual ~LLMutex();
-	
-	void lock();		// blocks
-	void unlock();
-	bool isLocked(); 	// non-blocking, but does do a lock/unlock so not free
-	
+	void lock() { apr_thread_mutex_lock(mAPRMutexp); }
+	void unlock() { apr_thread_mutex_unlock(mAPRMutexp); }
+	// Returns true if lock was obtained successfully.
+	bool trylock() { return !APR_STATUS_IS_EBUSY(apr_thread_mutex_trylock(mAPRMutexp)); }
+
+	// non-blocking, but does do a lock/unlock so not free
+	bool isLocked() { bool is_not_locked = trylock(); if (is_not_locked) unlock(); return !is_not_locked; }
+
+protected:
+	// mAPRMutexp is initialized and uninitialized in the derived class.
+	apr_thread_mutex_t* mAPRMutexp;
+};
+
+class LL_COMMON_API LLMutex : public LLMutexBase
+{
+public:
+	LLMutex(LLAPRPool& parent = LLThread::tldata().mRootPool) : mPool(parent)
+	{
+		apr_thread_mutex_create(&mAPRMutexp, MUTEX_FLAG, mPool());
+	}
+	~LLMutex()
+	{
+		llassert(!isLocked()); // better not be locked!
+		apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mAPRMutexp);
+		mAPRMutexp = NULL;
+	}
+
 protected:
-	apr_thread_mutex_t *mAPRMutexp;
-	apr_pool_t			*mAPRPoolp;
-	BOOL				mIsLocalPool;
-#if MUTEX_DEBUG
-	std::map<U32, BOOL> mIsLocked;
+	LLAPRPool mPool;
+};
+
+#if APR_HAS_THREADS
+// No need to use a root pool in this case.
+typedef LLMutex LLMutexRootPool;
+#else // APR_HAS_THREADS
+class LL_COMMON_API LLMutexRootPool : public LLMutexBase
+{
+public:
+	LLMutexRootPool(void)
+	{
+		apr_thread_mutex_create(&mAPRMutexp, MUTEX_FLAG, mRootPool());
+	}
+	~LLMutexRootPool()
+	{
+#if APR_POOL_DEBUG
+		// It is allowed to destruct root pools from a different thread.
+		mRootPool.grab_ownership();
 #endif
+		llassert(!isLocked());
+		apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mAPRMutexp);
+		mAPRMutexp = NULL;
+	}
+
+protected:
+	LLAPRRootPool mRootPool;
 };
+#endif // APR_HAS_THREADS
 
 // Actually a condition/mutex pair (since each condition needs to be associated with a mutex).
 class LL_COMMON_API LLCondition : public LLMutex
 {
 public:
-	LLCondition(apr_pool_t *apr_poolp); // Defaults to global pool, could use the thread pool as well.
+	LLCondition(LLAPRPool& parent = LLThread::tldata().mRootPool);
 	~LLCondition();
 	
 	void wait();		// blocks
@@ -159,10 +227,10 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLCondition : public LLMutex
 	apr_thread_cond_t *mAPRCondp;
 };
 
-class LLMutexLock
+class LL_COMMON_API LLMutexLock
 {
 public:
-	LLMutexLock(LLMutex* mutex)
+	LLMutexLock(LLMutexBase* mutex)
 	{
 		mMutex = mutex;
 		mMutex->lock();
@@ -172,7 +240,7 @@ class LLMutexLock
 		mMutex->unlock();
 	}
 private:
-	LLMutex* mMutex;
+	LLMutexBase* mMutex;
 };
 
 //============================================================================
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.cpp
index 8a73e632a9ada2249b4353f88828d5d66fcfe00d..05d24944f3e3ae4223eb35ca998fb284c5614967 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.cpp
@@ -34,19 +34,11 @@
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation::LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation(apr_pool_t * pool, unsigned int capacity):
-	mOwnsPool(pool == 0),
-	mPool(pool),
+LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation::LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation(unsigned int capacity):
 	mQueue(0)
 {
-	if(mOwnsPool) {
-		apr_status_t status = apr_pool_create(&mPool, 0);
-		if(status != APR_SUCCESS) throw LLThreadSafeQueueError("failed to allocate pool");
-	} else {
-		; // No op.
-	}
-	
-	apr_status_t status = apr_queue_create(&mQueue, capacity, mPool);
+	mPool.create();
+	apr_status_t status = apr_queue_create(&mQueue, capacity, mPool());
 	if(status != APR_SUCCESS) throw LLThreadSafeQueueError("failed to allocate queue");
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +51,6 @@ LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation::~LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation()
 			" elements;" << "memory will be leaked" << LL_ENDL;
 		apr_queue_term(mQueue);
 	}
-	if(mOwnsPool && (mPool != 0)) apr_pool_destroy(mPool);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.h b/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.h
index 58cac38769cd2d3801fc9f01b1d1cc2a010ae0c6..43d0b396f2494059192e0ae61533f64a69ae4b17 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llthreadsafequeue.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
 
-struct apr_pool_t; // From apr_pools.h
 class LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation; // See below.
 
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct apr_queue_t; // From apr_queue.h
 class LL_COMMON_API LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation
 {
 public:
-	LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation(apr_pool_t * pool, unsigned int capacity);
+	LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation(unsigned int capacity);
 	~LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation();
 	void pushFront(void * element);
 	bool tryPushFront(void * element);
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLThreadSafeQueueImplementation
 	size_t size();
 	
 private:
-	bool mOwnsPool;
-	apr_pool_t * mPool;
+	LLAPRPool mPool;			// The pool used for mQueue.
 	apr_queue_t * mQueue;
 };
 
@@ -99,9 +98,8 @@ class LLThreadSafeQueue
 public:
 	typedef ElementT value_type;
 	
-	// If the pool is set to NULL one will be allocated and managed by this
-	// queue.
-	LLThreadSafeQueue(apr_pool_t * pool = 0, unsigned int capacity = 1024);
+	// Constructor.
+	LLThreadSafeQueue(unsigned int capacity = 1024);
 	
 	// Add an element to the front of queue (will block if the queue has
 	// reached capacity).
@@ -139,8 +137,8 @@ class LLThreadSafeQueue
 
 
 template<typename ElementT>
-LLThreadSafeQueue<ElementT>::LLThreadSafeQueue(apr_pool_t * pool, unsigned int capacity):
-	mImplementation(pool, capacity)
+LLThreadSafeQueue<ElementT>::LLThreadSafeQueue(unsigned int capacity) :
+	mImplementation(capacity)
 {
 	; // No op.
 }
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.cpp
index 3ac50832fda64969a0bedcb6707216999e7c69cd..6b308bb9179eeff39de601357c054ebcc51c0771 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,7 @@
 LLWorkerThread::LLWorkerThread(const std::string& name, bool threaded) :
 	LLQueuedThread(name, threaded)
 {
-	mDeleteMutex = new LLMutex(NULL);
-
-	if(!mLocalAPRFilePoolp)
-	{
-		mLocalAPRFilePoolp = new LLVolatileAPRPool() ;
-	}
+	mDeleteMutex = new LLMutex;
 }
 
 LLWorkerThread::~LLWorkerThread()
@@ -204,7 +199,6 @@ LLWorkerClass::LLWorkerClass(LLWorkerThread* workerthread, const std::string& na
 	  mWorkerClassName(name),
 	  mRequestHandle(LLWorkerThread::nullHandle()),
 	  mRequestPriority(LLWorkerThread::PRIORITY_NORMAL),
-	  mMutex(NULL),
 	  mWorkFlags(0)
 {
 	if (!mWorkerThread)
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.h b/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.h
index 9bff18303eb944312d83cb9eaa5e249d325de5bc..bef5ef53fe4fd4f97753429e09bd4c5fd1ba8708 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llworkerthread.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLWorkerThread : public LLQueuedThread
 
 private:
 	void deleteWorker(LLWorkerClass* workerclass); // schedule for deletion
-	
 };
 
 //============================================================================
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ class LL_COMMON_API LLWorkerClass
 	U32 mRequestPriority; // last priority set
 
 private:
-	LLMutex mMutex;
+	LLMutexRootPool mMutex;		// Use LLMutexRootPool since this object is created and destructed by multiple threads.
 	LLAtomicU32 mWorkFlags;
 };
 
diff --git a/indra/llcrashlogger/llcrashlogger.cpp b/indra/llcrashlogger/llcrashlogger.cpp
index 68e45f36e4f65b7e8a8a5663177f87c7a9dd1397..8f7916f5655e31824fca8251392fbd2750d85c8b 100644
--- a/indra/llcrashlogger/llcrashlogger.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcrashlogger/llcrashlogger.cpp
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ bool LLCrashLogger::init()
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	gServicePump = new LLPumpIO(gAPRPoolp);
-	gServicePump->prime(gAPRPoolp);
+	gServicePump = new LLPumpIO;
 	LLHTTPClient::setPump(*gServicePump);
 
 	//If we've opened the crash logger, assume we can delete the marker file if it exists	
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
index 39211bf7fa5158f1ccce04111f67a3d3159fd1c6..f4399d4ed414b0f4f1949d08e2534969fb12ed08 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ LLMutex* LLImage::sMutex = NULL;
 //static
 void LLImage::initClass()
 {
-	sMutex = new LLMutex(NULL);
+	sMutex = new LLMutex;
 }
 
 //static
@@ -1557,8 +1557,7 @@ BOOL LLImageFormatted::load(const std::string &filename)
 	resetLastError();
 
 	S32 file_size = 0;
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-	infile.open(filename, LL_APR_RB, NULL, &file_size);
+	LLAPRFile infile(filename, LL_APR_RB, &file_size);
 	apr_file_t* apr_file = infile.getFileHandle();
 	if (!apr_file)
 	{
@@ -1593,8 +1592,7 @@ BOOL LLImageFormatted::save(const std::string &filename)
 {
 	resetLastError();
 
-	LLAPRFile outfile ;
-	outfile.open(filename, LL_APR_WB);
+	LLAPRFile outfile(filename, LL_APR_WB);
 	if (!outfile.getFileHandle())
 	{
 		setLastError("Unable to open file for writing", filename);
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimagedimensionsinfo.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimagedimensionsinfo.cpp
index 835664c60ff403f36caf7d8c164e396ec7e7975a..8a10956a5b71fe8a46821e956db8deee5170eb1f 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimagedimensionsinfo.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimagedimensionsinfo.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ bool LLImageDimensionsInfo::load(const std::string& src_filename,U32 codec)
 	mSrcFilename = src_filename;
 
 	S32 file_size = 0;
-	apr_status_t s = mInfile.open(src_filename, LL_APR_RB, NULL, &file_size);
+	apr_status_t s = mInfile.open(src_filename, LL_APR_RB, LLAPRFile::long_lived, &file_size);
 
 	if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
index cb2a85fa917afa683954f342d45c488a3e284ec4..5f488a6764c253c72efb7451d9616b4312f6a9e1 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ BOOL LLImageJ2C::loadAndValidate(const std::string &filename)
 	resetLastError();
 
 	S32 file_size = 0;
-	LLAPRFile infile ;
-	infile.open(filename, LL_APR_RB, NULL, &file_size);
+	LLAPRFile infile(filename, LL_APR_RB, &file_size);
 	apr_file_t* apr_file = infile.getFileHandle() ;
 	if (!apr_file)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
index 28dc3bd313365a58409042d40c9ad4601b0332c5..2c6d6f31eadd2e0ed425a0c9c1a53c5941b8e823 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
@@ -35,20 +35,18 @@
 LLImageDecodeThread::LLImageDecodeThread(bool threaded)
 	: LLQueuedThread("imagedecode", threaded)
 {
-	mCreationMutex = new LLMutex(getAPRPool());
 }
 
 //virtual 
 LLImageDecodeThread::~LLImageDecodeThread()
 {
-	delete mCreationMutex ;
 }
 
 // MAIN THREAD
 // virtual
 S32 LLImageDecodeThread::update(U32 max_time_ms)
 {
-	LLMutexLock lock(mCreationMutex);
+	LLMutexLock lock(&mCreationMutex);
 	for (creation_list_t::iterator iter = mCreationList.begin();
 		 iter != mCreationList.end(); ++iter)
 	{
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ S32 LLImageDecodeThread::update(U32 max_time_ms)
 LLImageDecodeThread::handle_t LLImageDecodeThread::decodeImage(LLImageFormatted* image, 
 	U32 priority, S32 discard, BOOL needs_aux, Responder* responder)
 {
-	LLMutexLock lock(mCreationMutex);
+	LLMutexLock lock(&mCreationMutex);
 	handle_t handle = generateHandle();
 	mCreationList.push_back(creation_info(handle, image, priority, discard, needs_aux, responder));
 	return handle;
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ LLImageDecodeThread::handle_t LLImageDecodeThread::decodeImage(LLImageFormatted*
 // Returns the size of the mutex guarded list as an indication of sanity
 S32 LLImageDecodeThread::tut_size()
 {
-	LLMutexLock lock(mCreationMutex);
+	LLMutexLock lock(&mCreationMutex);
 	S32 res = mCreationList.size();
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.h b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.h
index c684222fa5f85f10794ed51217b59c35cebf1570..6a24b7522ab29d026959ba559379a67c3c948f4c 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.h
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class LLImageDecodeThread : public LLQueuedThread
 	};
 	typedef std::list<creation_info> creation_list_t;
 	creation_list_t mCreationList;
-	LLMutex* mCreationMutex;
+	LLMutex mCreationMutex;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/indra/llmath/llvolumemgr.cpp b/indra/llmath/llvolumemgr.cpp
index 88c195936cd87dcde745b441fee01d49938f7981..734440d312a491967c66fc6450b07fcc5bc92adc 100644
--- a/indra/llmath/llvolumemgr.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmath/llvolumemgr.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ LLVolumeMgr::LLVolumeMgr()
 {
 	// the LLMutex magic interferes with easy unit testing,
 	// so you now must manually call useMutex() to use it
-	//mDataMutex = new LLMutex(gAPRPoolp);
+	//mDataMutex = new LLMutex;
 }
 
 LLVolumeMgr::~LLVolumeMgr()
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void LLVolumeMgr::useMutex()
 { 
 	if (!mDataMutex)
 	{
-		mDataMutex = new LLMutex(gAPRPoolp);
+		mDataMutex = new LLMutex;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llares.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llares.cpp
index 5a67035ed15fff56a9d42742c26c74dee8b36f4f..fab9858b697f76e49847afa58ec1cb43ab902b46 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llares.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llares.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "llares.h"
+#include "llscopedvolatileaprpool.h"
 
 #include <ares_dns.h>
 #include <ares_version.h>
@@ -464,11 +465,6 @@ void LLAres::search(const std::string &query, LLResType type,
 
 bool LLAres::process(U64 timeout)
 {
-	if (!gAPRPoolp)
-	{
-		ll_init_apr();
-	}
-
 	ares_socket_t socks[ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM];
 	apr_pollfd_t aprFds[ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM];
 	apr_int32_t nsds = 0;	
@@ -482,10 +478,7 @@ bool LLAres::process(U64 timeout)
 		return nsds > 0;
 	}
 
-	apr_status_t status;
-	LLAPRPool pool;
-	status = pool.getStatus() ;
-	ll_apr_assert_status(status);
+	LLScopedVolatileAPRPool scoped_pool;
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM; i++)
 	{
@@ -502,7 +495,7 @@ bool LLAres::process(U64 timeout)
 
 		apr_socket_t *aprSock = NULL;
 
-		status = apr_os_sock_put(&aprSock, (apr_os_sock_t *) &socks[i], pool.getAPRPool());
+		apr_status_t status = apr_os_sock_put(&aprSock, (apr_os_sock_t *) &socks[i], scoped_pool);
 		if (status != APR_SUCCESS)
 		{
 			ll_apr_warn_status(status);
@@ -511,7 +504,7 @@ bool LLAres::process(U64 timeout)
 
 		aprFds[nactive].desc.s = aprSock;
 		aprFds[nactive].desc_type = APR_POLL_SOCKET;
-		aprFds[nactive].p = pool.getAPRPool();
+		aprFds[nactive].p = scoped_pool;
 		aprFds[nactive].rtnevents = 0;
 		aprFds[nactive].client_data = &socks[i];
 
@@ -520,7 +513,7 @@ bool LLAres::process(U64 timeout)
 
 	if (nactive > 0)
 	{
-		status = apr_poll(aprFds, nactive, &nsds, timeout);
+		apr_status_t status = apr_poll(aprFds, nactive, &nsds, timeout);
 
 		if (status != APR_SUCCESS && status != APR_TIMEUP)
 		{
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
index a485fa016085eaf050ebf110067c6ac3317cc65f..4d3b382f7a6b07401d70e6c95943d3d97299b43d 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llcurl.cpp
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ void LLCurl::initClass()
 	S32 mutex_count = CRYPTO_num_locks();
 	for (S32 i=0; i<mutex_count; i++)
 	{
-		sSSLMutex.push_back(new LLMutex(NULL));
+		sSSLMutex.push_back(new LLMutex);
 	}
 	CRYPTO_set_id_callback(&LLCurl::ssl_thread_id);
 	CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(&LLCurl::ssl_locking_callback);
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.cpp b/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.cpp
index 3b18a9177cf055e244953b36373016eb05619b6c..d441492cf2303ff02a523e5fd892e00c043ff029 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.cpp
@@ -954,13 +954,9 @@ class LLHTTPResponseFactory : public LLChainIOFactory
 
 
 // static
-LLHTTPNode& LLIOHTTPServer::create(
-	apr_pool_t* pool, LLPumpIO& pump, U16 port)
+LLHTTPNode& LLIOHTTPServer::create(LLPumpIO& pump, U16 port)
 {
-	LLSocket::ptr_t socket = LLSocket::create(
-        pool,
-        LLSocket::STREAM_TCP,
-        port);
+	LLSocket::ptr_t socket = LLSocket::create(LLSocket::STREAM_TCP, port);
     if(!socket)
     {
         llerrs << "Unable to initialize socket" << llendl;
@@ -969,7 +965,7 @@ LLHTTPNode& LLIOHTTPServer::create(
     LLHTTPResponseFactory* factory = new LLHTTPResponseFactory;
 	boost::shared_ptr<LLChainIOFactory> factory_ptr(factory);
 
-    LLIOServerSocket* server = new LLIOServerSocket(pool, socket, factory_ptr);
+    LLIOServerSocket* server = new LLIOServerSocket(socket, factory_ptr);
 
 	LLPumpIO::chain_t chain;
     chain.push_back(LLIOPipe::ptr_t(server));
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.h b/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.h
index 5c1b0531ff2693de45fd6b15147523e27f7e725f..2294e4b8ae2c07eadaf66f6b0827de938d4f0ed2 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/lliohttpserver.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class LLIOHTTPServer
 public:
 	typedef void (*timing_callback_t)(const char* hashed_name, F32 time, void* data);
 
-	static LLHTTPNode& create(apr_pool_t* pool, LLPumpIO& pump, U16 port);
+	static LLHTTPNode& create(LLPumpIO& pump, U16 port);
 	/**< Creates an HTTP wire server on the pump for the given TCP port.
 	 *
 	 *   Returns the root node of the new server.  Add LLHTTPNode instances
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.cpp b/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.cpp
index ca84fa8bb80abf27f3a4b6a1da50afe79f2f82e5..e802d9b3a6ee496fe5f8ef7e4776df6666ca492b 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "llhost.h"
 #include "llmemtype.h"
 #include "llpumpio.h"
+#include "llthread.h"
 
 //
 // constants
@@ -98,51 +99,31 @@ void ll_debug_socket(const char* msg, apr_socket_t* apr_sock)
 ///
 
 // static
-LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_pool_t* pool, EType type, U16 port)
+LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(EType type, U16 port)
 {
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_TCP);
-	LLSocket::ptr_t rv;
-	apr_socket_t* socket = NULL;
-	apr_pool_t* new_pool = NULL;
 	apr_status_t status = APR_EGENERAL;
-
-	// create a pool for the socket
-	status = apr_pool_create(&new_pool, pool);
-	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
-	{
-		if(new_pool) apr_pool_destroy(new_pool);
-		return rv;
-	}
+	LLSocket::ptr_t rv(new LLSocket);
 
 	if(STREAM_TCP == type)
 	{
-		status = apr_socket_create(
-			&socket,
-			APR_INET,
-			SOCK_STREAM,
-			APR_PROTO_TCP,
-			new_pool);
+		status = apr_socket_create(&rv->mSocket, APR_INET, SOCK_STREAM, APR_PROTO_TCP, rv->mPool());
 	}
 	else if(DATAGRAM_UDP == type)
 	{
-		status = apr_socket_create(
-			&socket,
-			APR_INET,
-			SOCK_DGRAM,
-			APR_PROTO_UDP,
-			new_pool);
+		status = apr_socket_create(&rv->mSocket, APR_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, APR_PROTO_UDP, rv->mPool());
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if(new_pool) apr_pool_destroy(new_pool);
+		rv.reset();
 		return rv;
 	}
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 	{
-		if(new_pool) apr_pool_destroy(new_pool);
+		rv->mSocket = NULL;
+		rv.reset();
 		return rv;
 	}
-	rv = ptr_t(new LLSocket(socket, new_pool));
 	if(port > 0)
 	{
 		apr_sockaddr_t* sa = NULL;
@@ -152,7 +133,7 @@ LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_pool_t* pool, EType type, U16 port)
 			APR_UNSPEC,
 			port,
 			0,
-			new_pool);
+			rv->mPool());
 		if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 		{
 			rv.reset();
@@ -160,8 +141,8 @@ LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_pool_t* pool, EType type, U16 port)
 		}
 		// This allows us to reuse the address on quick down/up. This
 		// is unlikely to create problems.
-		ll_apr_warn_status(apr_socket_opt_set(socket, APR_SO_REUSEADDR, 1));
-		status = apr_socket_bind(socket, sa);
+		ll_apr_warn_status(apr_socket_opt_set(rv->mSocket, APR_SO_REUSEADDR, 1));
+		status = apr_socket_bind(rv->mSocket, sa);
 		if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 		{
 			rv.reset();
@@ -175,7 +156,7 @@ LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_pool_t* pool, EType type, U16 port)
 			// to keep a queue of incoming connections for ACCEPT.
 			lldebugs << "Setting listen state for socket." << llendl;
 			status = apr_socket_listen(
-				socket,
+				rv->mSocket,
 				LL_DEFAULT_LISTEN_BACKLOG);
 			if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 			{
@@ -196,21 +177,28 @@ LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_pool_t* pool, EType type, U16 port)
 }
 
 // static
-LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_socket_t* socket, apr_pool_t* pool)
+LLSocket::ptr_t LLSocket::create(apr_status_t& status, LLSocket::ptr_t& listen_socket)
 {
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_TCP);
-	LLSocket::ptr_t rv;
-	if(!socket)
+	if (!listen_socket->getSocket())
+	{
+		status = APR_ENOSOCKET;
+		return LLSocket::ptr_t();
+	}
+	LLSocket::ptr_t rv(new LLSocket);
+	lldebugs << "accepting socket" << llendl;
+	status = apr_socket_accept(&rv->mSocket, listen_socket->getSocket(), rv->mPool());
+	if (status != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
+		rv->mSocket = NULL;
+		rv.reset();
 		return rv;
 	}
-	rv = ptr_t(new LLSocket(socket, pool));
 	rv->mPort = PORT_EPHEMERAL;
 	rv->setOptions();
 	return rv;
 }
 
-
 bool LLSocket::blockingConnect(const LLHost& host)
 {
 	if(!mSocket) return false;
@@ -223,7 +211,7 @@ bool LLSocket::blockingConnect(const LLHost& host)
 		APR_UNSPEC,
 		host.getPort(),
 		0,
-		mPool)))
+		mPool())))
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -234,13 +222,11 @@ bool LLSocket::blockingConnect(const LLHost& host)
 	return true;
 }
 
-LLSocket::LLSocket(apr_socket_t* socket, apr_pool_t* pool) :
-	mSocket(socket),
-	mPool(pool),
+LLSocket::LLSocket() :
+	mSocket(NULL),
+	mPool(LLThread::tldata().mRootPool),
 	mPort(PORT_INVALID)
 {
-	ll_debug_socket("Constructing wholely formed socket", mSocket);
-	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_TCP);
 }
 
 LLSocket::~LLSocket()
@@ -252,10 +238,6 @@ LLSocket::~LLSocket()
 		ll_debug_socket("Destroying socket", mSocket);
 		apr_socket_close(mSocket);
 	}
-	if(mPool)
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(mPool);
-	}
 }
 
 void LLSocket::setOptions()
@@ -516,10 +498,8 @@ LLIOPipe::EStatus LLIOSocketWriter::process_impl(
 ///
 
 LLIOServerSocket::LLIOServerSocket(
-	apr_pool_t* pool,
 	LLIOServerSocket::socket_t listener,
 	factory_t factory) :
-	mPool(pool),
 	mListenSocket(listener),
 	mReactor(factory),
 	mInitialized(false),
@@ -579,21 +559,15 @@ LLIOPipe::EStatus LLIOServerSocket::process_impl(
 	lldebugs << "accepting socket" << llendl;
 
 	PUMP_DEBUG;
-	apr_pool_t* new_pool = NULL;
-	apr_status_t status = apr_pool_create(&new_pool, mPool);
-	apr_socket_t* socket = NULL;
-	status = apr_socket_accept(
-		&socket,
-		mListenSocket->getSocket(),
-		new_pool);
-	LLSocket::ptr_t llsocket(LLSocket::create(socket, new_pool));
+	apr_status_t status;
+	LLSocket::ptr_t llsocket(LLSocket::create(status, mListenSocket));
 	//EStatus rv = STATUS_ERROR;
-	if(llsocket)
+	if(llsocket && status == APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
 		PUMP_DEBUG;
 
 		apr_sockaddr_t* remote_addr;
-		apr_socket_addr_get(&remote_addr, APR_REMOTE, socket);
+		apr_socket_addr_get(&remote_addr, APR_REMOTE, llsocket->getSocket());
 		
 		char* remote_host_string;
 		apr_sockaddr_ip_get(&remote_host_string, remote_addr);
@@ -608,7 +582,6 @@ LLIOPipe::EStatus LLIOServerSocket::process_impl(
 		{
 			chain.push_back(LLIOPipe::ptr_t(new LLIOSocketWriter(llsocket)));
 			pump->addChain(chain, mResponseTimeout);
-			status = STATUS_OK;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -617,7 +590,8 @@ LLIOPipe::EStatus LLIOServerSocket::process_impl(
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		llwarns << "Unable to create linden socket." << llendl;
+		char buf[256];
+		llwarns << "Unable to accept linden socket: " << apr_strerror(status, buf, sizeof(buf)) << llendl;
 	}
 
 	PUMP_DEBUG;
@@ -630,11 +604,10 @@ LLIOPipe::EStatus LLIOServerSocket::process_impl(
 #if 0
 LLIODataSocket::LLIODataSocket(
 	U16 suggested_port,
-	U16 start_discovery_port,
-	apr_pool_t* pool) : 
+	U16 start_discovery_port) :
 	mSocket(NULL)
 {
-	if(!pool || (PORT_INVALID == suggested_port)) return;
+	if(PORT_INVALID == suggested_port) return;
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(apr_socket_create(&mSocket, APR_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, APR_PROTO_UDP, pool))) return;
 	apr_sockaddr_t* sa = NULL;
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(apr_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, APR_ANYADDR, APR_UNSPEC, suggested_port, 0, pool))) return;
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.h b/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.h
index 6806e5084a4211d7a819b1613e43fa0e17b94e05..1e352255123055641ebbb761ffe50f498045bb38 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/lliosocket.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "lliopipe.h"
-#include "apr_pools.h"
 #include "apr_network_io.h"
 #include "llchainio.h"
 
@@ -88,34 +87,22 @@ class LLSocket
 	 * socket. If you intend the socket to be known to external
 	 * clients without prior port notification, do not use
 	 * PORT_EPHEMERAL.
-	 * @param pool The apr pool to use. A child pool will be created
-	 * and associated with the socket.
 	 * @param type The type of socket to create
 	 * @param port The port for the socket
 	 * @return A valid socket shared pointer if the call worked.
 	 */
 	static ptr_t create(
-		apr_pool_t* pool,
 		EType type,
 		U16 port = PORT_EPHEMERAL);
 
 	/** 
-	 * @brief Create a LLSocket when you already have an apr socket.
+	 * @brief Create a LLSocket by accepting a connection from a listen socket.
 	 *
-	 * This method assumes an ephemeral port. This is typically used
-	 * by calls which spawn a socket such as a call to
-	 * <code>accept()</code> as in the server socket. This call should
-	 * not fail if you have a valid apr socket.
-	 * Because of the nature of how accept() works, you are expected
-	 * to create a new pool for the socket, use that pool for the
-	 * accept, and pass it in here where it will be bound with the
-	 * socket and destroyed at the same time.
-	 * @param socket The apr socket to use 
-	 * @param pool The pool used to create the socket. *NOTE: The pool
-	 * passed in will be DESTROYED.
+	 * @param status Output. Status of the accept if a valid listen socket was passed.
+	 * @param listen_socket The listen socket to use.
 	 * @return A valid socket shared pointer if the call worked.
 	 */
-	static ptr_t create(apr_socket_t* socket, apr_pool_t* pool);
+	static ptr_t create(apr_status_t& status, ptr_t& listen_socket);
 
 	/** 
 	 * @brief Perform a blocking connect to a host. Do not use in production.
@@ -150,7 +137,7 @@ class LLSocket
 	 * @brief Protected constructor since should only make sockets
 	 * with one of the two <code>create()</code> calls.
 	 */
-	LLSocket(apr_socket_t* socket, apr_pool_t* pool);
+	LLSocket(void);
 
 	/** 
 	 * @brief Set default socket options.
@@ -167,8 +154,8 @@ class LLSocket
 	// The apr socket.
 	apr_socket_t* mSocket;
 
-	// our memory pool
-	apr_pool_t* mPool;
+	// Our memory pool.
+	LLAPRPool mPool;
 
 	// The port if we know it.
 	U16 mPort;
@@ -293,7 +280,7 @@ class LLIOServerSocket : public LLIOPipe
 public:
 	typedef LLSocket::ptr_t socket_t;
 	typedef boost::shared_ptr<LLChainIOFactory> factory_t;
-	LLIOServerSocket(apr_pool_t* pool, socket_t listener, factory_t reactor);
+	LLIOServerSocket(socket_t listener, factory_t reactor);
 	virtual ~LLIOServerSocket();
 
 	/** 
@@ -325,7 +312,6 @@ class LLIOServerSocket : public LLIOPipe
 	//@}
 
 protected:
-	apr_pool_t* mPool;
 	socket_t mListenSocket;
 	factory_t mReactor;
 	bool mInitialized;
@@ -359,8 +345,7 @@ class LLIODataSocket : public LLIOSocket
 	 */
 	LLIODataSocket(
 		U16 suggested_port,
-		U16 start_discovery_port,
-		apr_pool_t* pool);
+		U16 start_discovery_port);
 	virtual ~LLIODataSocket();
 
 protected:
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llmail.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llmail.cpp
index 08b31e9c7a29b45cdc61fde26fd5a79a25fba74d..8a898ab1b0b41c301952ac7d493479e600eb098b 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llmail.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llmail.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "llstring.h"
 #include "lluuid.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
 //
 // constants
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 const size_t LL_MAX_KNOWN_GOOD_MAIL_SIZE = 4096;
 
 static bool gMailEnabled = true;
-static apr_pool_t* gMailPool;
+static LLAPRPool gMailPool;
 static apr_sockaddr_t* gSockAddr;
 static apr_socket_t* gMailSocket;
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ bool connect_smtp()
 		gSockAddr->sa.sin.sin_family,
 		SOCK_STREAM,
 		APR_PROTO_TCP,
-		gMailPool);
+		gMailPool());
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status)) return false;
 	status = apr_socket_connect(gMailSocket, gSockAddr);
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
@@ -139,19 +140,19 @@ BOOL LLMail::send(
 }
 
 // static
-void LLMail::init(const std::string& hostname, apr_pool_t* pool)
+void LLMail::init(const std::string& hostname)
 {
 	gMailSocket = NULL;
-	if(hostname.empty() || !pool)
+	if (hostname.empty())
 	{
-		gMailPool = NULL;
 		gSockAddr = NULL;
+		gMailPool.destroy();
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		gMailPool = pool;
+		gMailPool.create();
 
-		// collect all the information into a socaddr sturcture. the
+		// Collect all the information into a sockaddr structure. the
 		// documentation is a bit unclear, but I either have to
 		// specify APR_UNSPEC or not specify any flags. I am not sure
 		// which option is better.
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ void LLMail::init(const std::string& hostname, apr_pool_t* pool)
 			APR_UNSPEC,
 			25,
 			APR_IPV4_ADDR_OK,
-			gMailPool);
+			gMailPool());
 		ll_apr_warn_status(status);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llmail.h b/indra/llmessage/llmail.h
index 37917143639aae2b224d7543a234f6545e58ae6f..0a5c532088334812a37dfe0db3ae6a096bc33090 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llmail.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llmail.h
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@
 #ifndef LL_LLMAIL_H
 #define LL_LLMAIL_H
 
-typedef struct apr_pool_t apr_pool_t;
-
 #include "llsd.h"
 
 class LLMail
 {
 public:
 	// if hostname is NULL, then the host is resolved as 'mail'
-	static void init(const std::string& hostname, apr_pool_t* pool);
+	static void init(const std::string& hostname);
 
 	// Allow all email transmission to be disabled/enabled.
 	static void enable(bool mail_enabled);
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.cpp
index a8d2a0a22409e03b021626f57e34d8f4223d2dc6..89cfd66e1b25d931db2aa237bc4e58b2c0b46880 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "llmemtype.h"
 #include "llstl.h"
 #include "llstat.h"
+#include "llthread.h"
 
 // These should not be enabled in production, but they can be
 // intensely useful during development for finding certain kinds of
@@ -162,14 +163,12 @@ struct ll_delete_apr_pollset_fd_client_data
 /**
  * LLPumpIO
  */
-LLPumpIO::LLPumpIO(apr_pool_t* pool) :
+LLPumpIO::LLPumpIO(void) :
 	mState(LLPumpIO::NORMAL),
 	mRebuildPollset(false),
 	mPollset(NULL),
 	mPollsetClientID(0),
 	mNextLock(0),
-	mPool(NULL),
-	mCurrentPool(NULL),
 	mCurrentPoolReallocCount(0),
 	mChainsMutex(NULL),
 	mCallbackMutex(NULL),
@@ -178,21 +177,24 @@ LLPumpIO::LLPumpIO(apr_pool_t* pool) :
 	mCurrentChain = mRunningChains.end();
 
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
-	initialize(pool);
+	initialize();
 }
 
 LLPumpIO::~LLPumpIO()
 {
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
-	cleanup();
-}
-
-bool LLPumpIO::prime(apr_pool_t* pool)
-{
-	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
-	cleanup();
-	initialize(pool);
-	return ((pool == NULL) ? false : true);
+#if LL_THREADS_APR
+	if (mChainsMutex) apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mChainsMutex);
+	if (mCallbackMutex) apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mCallbackMutex);
+#endif
+	mChainsMutex = NULL;
+	mCallbackMutex = NULL;
+	if(mPollset)
+	{
+//		lldebugs << "cleaning up pollset" << llendl;
+		apr_pollset_destroy(mPollset);
+		mPollset = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 bool LLPumpIO::addChain(const chain_t& chain, F32 timeout)
@@ -352,8 +354,7 @@ bool LLPumpIO::setConditional(LLIOPipe* pipe, const apr_pollfd_t* poll)
 	{
 		// each fd needs a pool to work with, so if one was
 		// not specified, use this pool.
-		// *FIX: Should it always be this pool?
-		value.second.p = mPool;
+		value.second.p = (*mCurrentChain).mDescriptorsPool->operator()();
 	}
 	value.second.client_data = new S32(++mPollsetClientID);
 	(*mCurrentChain).mDescriptors.push_back(value);
@@ -825,39 +826,15 @@ void LLPumpIO::control(LLPumpIO::EControl op)
 	}
 }
 
-void LLPumpIO::initialize(apr_pool_t* pool)
+void LLPumpIO::initialize(void)
 {
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
-	if(!pool) return;
+	mPool.create();
 #if LL_THREADS_APR
 	// SJB: Windows defaults to NESTED and OSX defaults to UNNESTED, so use UNNESTED explicitly.
-	apr_thread_mutex_create(&mChainsMutex, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, pool);
-	apr_thread_mutex_create(&mCallbackMutex, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, pool);
-#endif
-	mPool = pool;
-}
-
-void LLPumpIO::cleanup()
-{
-	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
-#if LL_THREADS_APR
-	if(mChainsMutex) apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mChainsMutex);
-	if(mCallbackMutex) apr_thread_mutex_destroy(mCallbackMutex);
+	apr_thread_mutex_create(&mChainsMutex, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mPool());
+	apr_thread_mutex_create(&mCallbackMutex, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED, mPool());
 #endif
-	mChainsMutex = NULL;
-	mCallbackMutex = NULL;
-	if(mPollset)
-	{
-//		lldebugs << "cleaning up pollset" << llendl;
-		apr_pollset_destroy(mPollset);
-		mPollset = NULL;
-	}
-	if(mCurrentPool)
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(mCurrentPool);
-		mCurrentPool = NULL;
-	}
-	mPool = NULL;
 }
 
 void LLPumpIO::rebuildPollset()
@@ -885,21 +862,19 @@ void LLPumpIO::rebuildPollset()
 		if(mCurrentPool
 		   && (0 == (++mCurrentPoolReallocCount % POLLSET_POOL_RECYCLE_COUNT)))
 		{
-			apr_pool_destroy(mCurrentPool);
-			mCurrentPool = NULL;
+			mCurrentPool.destroy();
 			mCurrentPoolReallocCount = 0;
 		}
 		if(!mCurrentPool)
 		{
-			apr_status_t status = apr_pool_create(&mCurrentPool, mPool);
-			(void)ll_apr_warn_status(status);
+			mCurrentPool.create(mPool);
 		}
 
 		// add all of the file descriptors
 		run_it = mRunningChains.begin();
 		LLChainInfo::conditionals_t::iterator fd_it;
 		LLChainInfo::conditionals_t::iterator fd_end;
-		apr_pollset_create(&mPollset, size, mCurrentPool, 0);
+		apr_pollset_create(&mPollset, size, mCurrentPool(), 0);
 		for(; run_it != run_end; ++run_it)
 		{
 			fd_it = (*run_it).mDescriptors.begin();
@@ -1157,7 +1132,8 @@ bool LLPumpIO::handleChainError(
 LLPumpIO::LLChainInfo::LLChainInfo() :
 	mInit(false),
 	mLock(0),
-	mEOS(false)
+	mEOS(false),
+	mDescriptorsPool(new LLAPRPool(LLThread::tldata().mRootPool))
 {
 	LLMemType m1(LLMemType::MTYPE_IO_PUMP);
 	mTimer.setTimerExpirySec(DEFAULT_CHAIN_EXPIRY_SECS);
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.h b/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.h
index 9303c9d7fcf994e728f49507e292a49e797b8128..75c35ae7ab95291ed4e6a28abd10aeb70490fd36 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llpumpio.h
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
 #define LL_LLPUMPIO_H
 
 #include <set>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #if LL_LINUX  // needed for PATH_MAX in APR.
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "apr_pools.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 #include "llbuffer.h"
 #include "llframetimer.h"
 #include "lliopipe.h"
@@ -58,9 +59,8 @@ extern const F32 NEVER_CHAIN_EXPIRY_SECS;
  * <code>pump()</code> on a thread used for IO and call
  * <code>respond()</code> on a thread that is expected to do higher
  * level processing. You can call almost any other method from any
- * thread - see notes for each method for details. In order for the
- * threading abstraction to work, you need to call <code>prime()</code>
- * with a valid apr pool.
+ * thread - see notes for each method for details.
+ *
  * A pump instance manages much of the state for the pipe, including
  * the list of pipes in the chain, the channel for each element in the
  * chain, the buffer, and if any pipe has marked the stream or process
@@ -79,24 +79,13 @@ class LLPumpIO
 	/**
 	 * @brief Constructor.
 	 */
-	LLPumpIO(apr_pool_t* pool);
+	LLPumpIO(void);
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Destructor.
 	 */
 	~LLPumpIO();
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief Prepare this pump for usage.
-	 *
-	 * If you fail to call this method prior to use, the pump will
-	 * try to work, but will not come with any thread locking
-	 * mechanisms.
-	 * @param pool The apr pool to use.
-	 * @return Returns true if the pump is primed.
-	 */
-	bool prime(apr_pool_t* pool);
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Typedef for having a chain of pipes.
 	 */
@@ -368,6 +357,7 @@ class LLPumpIO
 		typedef std::pair<LLIOPipe::ptr_t, apr_pollfd_t> pipe_conditional_t;
 		typedef std::vector<pipe_conditional_t> conditionals_t;
 		conditionals_t mDescriptors;
+		boost::shared_ptr<LLAPRPool> mDescriptorsPool;
 	};
 
 	// All the running chains & info
@@ -386,9 +376,9 @@ class LLPumpIO
 	callbacks_t mPendingCallbacks;
 	callbacks_t mCallbacks;
 
-	// memory allocator for pollsets & mutexes.
-	apr_pool_t* mPool;
-	apr_pool_t* mCurrentPool;
+	// Memory pool for pollsets & mutexes.
+	LLAPRPool mPool;
+	LLAPRPool mCurrentPool;
 	S32 mCurrentPoolReallocCount;
 
 #if LL_THREADS_APR
@@ -400,8 +390,7 @@ class LLPumpIO
 #endif
 
 protected:
-	void initialize(apr_pool_t* pool);
-	void cleanup();
+	void initialize();
 
 	/** 
 	 * @brief Given the internal state of the chains, rebuild the pollset
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
index cb9d1c3731faa614b0fa7473f32fe1e1d9461722..83b6f7cf7191a07f40e3f72c6f070e20cd20d076 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "llstring.h"
 #include "apr_env.h"
 #include "llapr.h"
+#include "llscopedvolatileaprpool.h"
 static const U32 HTTP_STATUS_PIPE_ERROR = 499;
 
 /**
@@ -210,27 +211,31 @@ void LLURLRequest::setCallback(LLURLRequestComplete* callback)
 // is called with use_proxy = FALSE
 void LLURLRequest::useProxy(bool use_proxy)
 {
-    static char *env_proxy;
+    static std::string env_proxy;
 
-    if (use_proxy && (env_proxy == NULL))
+    if (use_proxy && env_proxy.empty())
     {
-        apr_status_t status;
-        LLAPRPool pool;
-		status = apr_env_get(&env_proxy, "ALL_PROXY", pool.getAPRPool());
+		char* env_proxy_str;
+        LLScopedVolatileAPRPool scoped_pool;
+        apr_status_t status = apr_env_get(&env_proxy_str, "ALL_PROXY", scoped_pool);
         if (status != APR_SUCCESS)
         {
-			status = apr_env_get(&env_proxy, "http_proxy", pool.getAPRPool());
+			status = apr_env_get(&env_proxy_str, "http_proxy", scoped_pool);
         }
         if (status != APR_SUCCESS)
         {
-           use_proxy = FALSE;
+            use_proxy = false;
         }
+		else
+		{
+			// env_proxy_str is stored in the scoped_pool, so we have to make a copy.
+			env_proxy = env_proxy_str;
+		}
     }
 
+    lldebugs << "use_proxy = " << (use_proxy?'Y':'N') << ", env_proxy = \"" << env_proxy << "\"" << llendl;
 
-    lldebugs << "use_proxy = " << (use_proxy?'Y':'N') << ", env_proxy = " << (env_proxy ? env_proxy : "(null)") << llendl;
-
-    if (env_proxy && use_proxy)
+    if (use_proxy)
     {
 		mDetail->mCurlRequest->setoptString(CURLOPT_PROXY, env_proxy);
     }
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/message.cpp b/indra/llmessage/message.cpp
index 2f0d815be5267c89844b2683060fb9fb33190066..302cfc7ca2fc5ec040da47fee52f5c8516318179 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/message.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/message.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ std::string get_shared_secret();
 class LLMessagePollInfo
 {
 public:
+	LLMessagePollInfo(void) : mPool(LLThread::tldata().mRootPool) { }
 	apr_socket_t *mAPRSocketp;
 	apr_pollfd_t mPollFD;
+	LLAPRPool mPool;
 };
 
 namespace
@@ -287,20 +289,13 @@ LLMessageSystem::LLMessageSystem(const std::string& filename, U32 port,
 	}
 //	LL_DEBUGS("Messaging") <<  << "*** port: " << mPort << llendl;
 
-	//
-	// Create the data structure that we can poll on
-	//
-	if (!gAPRPoolp)
-	{
-		LL_ERRS("Messaging") << "No APR pool before message system initialization!" << llendl;
-		ll_init_apr();
-	}
+	mPollInfop = new LLMessagePollInfo;
+
 	apr_socket_t *aprSocketp = NULL;
-	apr_os_sock_put(&aprSocketp, (apr_os_sock_t*)&mSocket, gAPRPoolp);
+	apr_os_sock_put(&aprSocketp, (apr_os_sock_t*)&mSocket, mPollInfop->mPool());
 
-	mPollInfop = new LLMessagePollInfo;
 	mPollInfop->mAPRSocketp = aprSocketp;
-	mPollInfop->mPollFD.p = gAPRPoolp;
+	mPollInfop->mPollFD.p = mPollInfop->mPool();
 	mPollInfop->mPollFD.desc_type = APR_POLL_SOCKET;
 	mPollInfop->mPollFD.reqevents = APR_POLLIN;
 	mPollInfop->mPollFD.rtnevents = 0;
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/tests/networkio.h b/indra/llmessage/tests/networkio.h
index 2aff90ca1ef8657f0c56cced2cc9a33c02f98041..23e1c791f470db900d2ea13fd5687edc3dfa8bd7 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/tests/networkio.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/tests/networkio.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define LL_NETWORKIO_H
 
 #include "llmemory.h"               // LLSingleton
-#include "llapr.h"
 #include "llares.h"
 #include "llpumpio.h"
 #include "llhttpclient.h"
@@ -48,14 +47,8 @@ class NetworkIO: public LLSingleton<NetworkIO>
         mServicePump(NULL),
         mDone(false)
     {
-        ll_init_apr();
-        if (! gAPRPoolp)
-        {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Can't initialize APR");
-        }
-
         // Create IO Pump to use for HTTP Requests.
-        mServicePump = new LLPumpIO(gAPRPoolp);
+        mServicePump = new LLPumpIO;
         LLHTTPClient::setPump(*mServicePump);
         if (ll_init_ares() == NULL || !gAres->isInitialized())
         {
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.cpp
index c326961db4ab2bc2439204e503a09e072cf028bc..9c9909a01742ae6782aea0fa0f2e1b1a23584796 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 
 #include "llplugininstance.h"
-
-#include "llapr.h"
+#include "llthread.h"			// Needed for LLThread::tldata().mRootPool
 
 /** Virtual destructor. */
 LLPluginInstanceMessageListener::~LLPluginInstanceMessageListener()
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ const char *LLPluginInstance::PLUGIN_INIT_FUNCTION_NAME = "LLPluginInitEntryPoin
  * @param[in] owner Plugin instance. TODO:DOC is this a good description of what "owner" is?
  */
 LLPluginInstance::LLPluginInstance(LLPluginInstanceMessageListener *owner) :
+	mDSOHandlePool(LLThread::tldata().mRootPool),
 	mDSOHandle(NULL),
 	mPluginUserData(NULL),
 	mPluginSendMessageFunction(NULL)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int LLPluginInstance::load(std::string &plugin_file)
 	
 	int result = apr_dso_load(&mDSOHandle,
 					  plugin_file.c_str(),
-					  gAPRPoolp);
+					  mDSOHandlePool());
 	if(result != APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
 		char buf[1024];
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.h b/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.h
index 50531ca77f2c9cf32277c1f7ce4e0eae898623c1..1c3898e2e71bfc69666ee84ec4d352fa5d1e398c 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.h
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llplugininstance.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "llstring.h"
 #include "llapr.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
 #include "apr_dso.h"
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class LLPluginInstance
 	static void staticReceiveMessage(const char *message_string, void **user_data);
 	void receiveMessage(const char *message_string);
 
+	LLAPRPool mDSOHandlePool;
 	apr_dso_handle_t *mDSOHandle;
 	
 	void *mPluginUserData;
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginmessagepipe.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llpluginmessagepipe.cpp
index 8d13e38ad5c501c69749f5158219534485185a07..dd47300b9c676706a43d71d6317d4366929a3ee5 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginmessagepipe.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginmessagepipe.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ void LLPluginMessagePipeOwner::killMessagePipe(void)
 }
 
 LLPluginMessagePipe::LLPluginMessagePipe(LLPluginMessagePipeOwner *owner, LLSocket::ptr_t socket):
-	mInputMutex(gAPRPoolp),
-	mOutputMutex(gAPRPoolp),
 	mOwner(owner),
 	mSocket(socket)
 {
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocesschild.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocesschild.cpp
index 45a86476ac30b59473c9d9cfb8d3cff2b0cd2de6..2fa5dcdd016bd93dd9780d207df499e45382a753 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocesschild.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocesschild.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ LLPluginProcessChild::LLPluginProcessChild()
 {
 	mState = STATE_UNINITIALIZED;
 	mInstance = NULL;
-	mSocket = LLSocket::create(gAPRPoolp, LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);
+	mSocket = LLSocket::create(LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);
 	mSleepTime = PLUGIN_IDLE_SECONDS;	// default: send idle messages at 100Hz
 	mCPUElapsed = 0.0f;
 	mBlockingRequest = false;
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.cpp
index c002de04627c312fc39704f875db817eddade6cb..eaf7ec4bf395201fa332bf09abdb18a4beb9f99e 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "llpluginmessageclasses.h"
 
 #include "llapr.h"
+#include "llscopedvolatileaprpool.h"
 
 //virtual 
 LLPluginProcessParentOwner::~LLPluginProcessParentOwner()
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ LLPluginProcessParentOwner::~LLPluginProcessParentOwner()
 
 bool LLPluginProcessParent::sUseReadThread = false;
 apr_pollset_t *LLPluginProcessParent::sPollSet = NULL;
+LLAPRPool LLPluginProcessParent::sPollSetPool;
 bool LLPluginProcessParent::sPollsetNeedsRebuild = false;
 LLMutex *LLPluginProcessParent::sInstancesMutex;
 std::list<LLPluginProcessParent*> LLPluginProcessParent::sInstances;
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ class LLPluginProcessParentPollThread: public LLThread
 {
 public:
 	LLPluginProcessParentPollThread() :
-		LLThread("LLPluginProcessParentPollThread", gAPRPoolp)
+		LLThread("LLPluginProcessParentPollThread")
 	{
 	}
 protected:
@@ -77,12 +79,11 @@ class LLPluginProcessParentPollThread: public LLThread
 
 };
 
-LLPluginProcessParent::LLPluginProcessParent(LLPluginProcessParentOwner *owner):
-	mIncomingQueueMutex(gAPRPoolp)
+LLPluginProcessParent::LLPluginProcessParent(LLPluginProcessParentOwner* owner)
 {
 	if(!sInstancesMutex)
 	{
-		sInstancesMutex = new LLMutex(gAPRPoolp);
+		sInstancesMutex = new LLMutex;
 	}
 	
 	mOwner = owner;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ LLPluginProcessParent::LLPluginProcessParent(LLPluginProcessParentOwner *owner):
 	mBlocked = false;
 	mPolledInput = false;
 	mPollFD.client_data = NULL;
+	mPollFDPool.create();
 
 	mPluginLaunchTimeout = 60.0f;
 	mPluginLockupTimeout = 15.0f;
@@ -169,44 +171,28 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::init(const std::string &launcher_filename, const std
 bool LLPluginProcessParent::accept()
 {
 	bool result = false;
-	
 	apr_status_t status = APR_EGENERAL;
-	apr_socket_t *new_socket = NULL;
-	
-	status = apr_socket_accept(
-		&new_socket,
-		mListenSocket->getSocket(),
-		gAPRPoolp);
 
+	mSocket = LLSocket::create(status, mListenSocket);
 	
 	if(status == APR_SUCCESS)
 	{
 //		llinfos << "SUCCESS" << llendl;
 		// Success.  Create a message pipe on the new socket
-
-		// we MUST create a new pool for the LLSocket, since it will take ownership of it and delete it in its destructor!
-		apr_pool_t* new_pool = NULL;
-		status = apr_pool_create(&new_pool, gAPRPoolp);
-
-		mSocket = LLSocket::create(new_socket, new_pool);
 		new LLPluginMessagePipe(this, mSocket);
 
 		result = true;
 	}
-	else if(APR_STATUS_IS_EAGAIN(status))
-	{
-//		llinfos << "EAGAIN" << llendl;
-
-		// No incoming connections.  This is not an error.
-		status = APR_SUCCESS;
-	}
 	else
 	{
-//		llinfos << "Error:" << llendl;
-		ll_apr_warn_status(status);
-		
-		// Some other error.
-		errorState();
+		mSocket.reset();
+		// EAGAIN means "No incoming connections". This is not an error.
+		if (!APR_STATUS_IS_EAGAIN(status))
+		{
+			// Some other error.
+			ll_apr_warn_status(status);
+			errorState();
+		}
 	}
 	
 	return result;	
@@ -272,10 +258,10 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::idle(void)
 
 			case STATE_INITIALIZED:
 			{
-	
 				apr_status_t status = APR_SUCCESS;
+				LLScopedVolatileAPRPool addr_pool;
 				apr_sockaddr_t* addr = NULL;
-				mListenSocket = LLSocket::create(gAPRPoolp, LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);
+				mListenSocket = LLSocket::create(LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);
 				mBoundPort = 0;
 				
 				// This code is based on parts of LLSocket::create() in lliosocket.cpp.
@@ -286,7 +272,7 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::idle(void)
 					APR_INET,
 					0,	// port 0 = ephemeral ("find me a port")
 					0,
-					gAPRPoolp);
+					addr_pool);
 					
 				if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 				{
@@ -598,7 +584,7 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::setMessagePipe(LLPluginMessagePipe *message_pipe)
 	if(message_pipe != NULL)
 	{
 		// Set up the apr_pollfd_t
-		mPollFD.p = gAPRPoolp;
+		mPollFD.p = mPollFDPool();
 		mPollFD.desc_type = APR_POLL_SOCKET;
 		mPollFD.reqevents = APR_POLLIN|APR_POLLERR|APR_POLLHUP;
 		mPollFD.rtnevents = 0;
@@ -645,6 +631,7 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::updatePollset()
 		// delete the existing pollset.
 		apr_pollset_destroy(sPollSet);
 		sPollSet = NULL;
+		sPollSetPool.destroy();
 	}
 	
 	std::list<LLPluginProcessParent*>::iterator iter;
@@ -667,12 +654,14 @@ void LLPluginProcessParent::updatePollset()
 		{
 #ifdef APR_POLLSET_NOCOPY
 			// The pollset doesn't exist yet.  Create it now.
-			apr_status_t status = apr_pollset_create(&sPollSet, count, gAPRPoolp, APR_POLLSET_NOCOPY);
+			sPollSetPool.create();
+			apr_status_t status = apr_pollset_create(&sPollSet, count, sPollSetPool(), APR_POLLSET_NOCOPY);
 			if(status != APR_SUCCESS)
 			{
 #endif // APR_POLLSET_NOCOPY
 				LL_WARNS("PluginPoll") << "Couldn't create pollset.  Falling back to non-pollset mode." << LL_ENDL;
 				sPollSet = NULL;
+				sPollSetPool.destroy();
 #ifdef APR_POLLSET_NOCOPY
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.h b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.h
index 32394809ef25317bcb20753a04f71f82d5f0628d..6beeb64c7ef1633232ea9524ca2951f274fd65ad 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.h
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginprocessparent.h
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ class LLPluginProcessParent : public LLPluginMessagePipeOwner
 
 	static bool sUseReadThread;
 	apr_pollfd_t mPollFD;
+	LLAPRPool mPollFDPool;
 	static apr_pollset_t *sPollSet;
+	static LLAPRPool sPollSetPool;
 	static bool sPollsetNeedsRebuild;
 	static LLMutex *sInstancesMutex;
 	static std::list<LLPluginProcessParent*> sInstances;
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.cpp
index 63ff5085c6e1705f180d0c361a45bf305a1fe196..e2ff645a9c5ae7ddb88ad6683a5d85f9544b93bc 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ bool LLPluginSharedMemory::create(size_t size)
 	mName += createName();
 	mSize = size;
 	
-	apr_status_t status = apr_shm_create( &(mImpl->mAprSharedMemory), mSize, mName.c_str(), gAPRPoolp );
+	mPool.create();
+	apr_status_t status = apr_shm_create( &(mImpl->mAprSharedMemory), mSize, mName.c_str(), mPool());
 	
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 	{
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ bool LLPluginSharedMemory::destroy(void)
 		}
 		mImpl->mAprSharedMemory = NULL;
 	}
-	
+	mPool.destroy();
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ bool LLPluginSharedMemory::attach(const std::string &name, size_t size)
 	mName = name;
 	mSize = size;
 	
-	apr_status_t status = apr_shm_attach( &(mImpl->mAprSharedMemory), mName.c_str(), gAPRPoolp );
+	mPool.create();
+	apr_status_t status = apr_shm_attach( &(mImpl->mAprSharedMemory), mName.c_str(), mPool() );
 	
 	if(ll_apr_warn_status(status))
 	{
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ bool LLPluginSharedMemory::detach(void)
 		}
 		mImpl->mAprSharedMemory = NULL;
 	}
+	mPool.destroy();
 	
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.h b/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.h
index c6cd49cabb7e119b0f9c326cc3ea358ed9f408d7..84b7a58c328c27f90e99186e1c71420607bb70d8 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.h
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginsharedmemory.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #ifndef LL_LLPLUGINSHAREDMEMORY_H
 #define LL_LLPLUGINSHAREDMEMORY_H
 
+#include "llaprpool.h"
+
 class LLPluginSharedMemoryPlatformImpl;
 
 /**
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ class LLPluginSharedMemory
 	bool close(void);
 	bool unlink(void);
 	
+	LLAPRPool mPool;
 	std::string mName;
 	size_t mSize;
 	void *mMappedAddress;
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/slplugin/slplugin.cpp b/indra/llplugin/slplugin/slplugin.cpp
index 516a58db8836115afd18cf276a95c0b30e445b5c..ff86e4e1351ce10f1d2de229f43f2e391edbe6a0 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/slplugin/slplugin.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/slplugin/slplugin.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdL
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 {
-	ll_init_apr();
-
 	// Set up llerror logging
 	{
 		LLError::initForApplication(".");
@@ -393,8 +391,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	delete plugin;
 
-	ll_cleanup_apr();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp b/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
index 3d3ed9f6d4d32f34999a3b36bc659b19461e6a8b..bf49b9668e6cfd212ddefbf4b7d05f5d299d597a 100644
--- a/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
+++ b/indra/llvfs/lllfsthread.cpp
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ LLLFSThread::LLLFSThread(bool threaded) :
 	LLQueuedThread("LFS", threaded),
 	mPriorityCounter(PRIORITY_LOWBITS)
 {
-	if(!mLocalAPRFilePoolp)
-	{
-		mLocalAPRFilePoolp = new LLVolatileAPRPool() ;
-	}
 }
 
 LLLFSThread::~LLLFSThread()
@@ -182,8 +178,7 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 	if (mOperation ==  FILE_READ)
 	{
 		llassert(mOffset >= 0);
-		LLAPRFile infile ; // auto-closes
-		infile.open(mFileName, LL_APR_RB, mThread->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		LLAPRFile infile(mFileName, LL_APR_RB);
 		if (!infile.getFileHandle())
 		{
 			llwarns << "LLLFS: Unable to read file: " << mFileName << llendl;
@@ -205,8 +200,7 @@ bool LLLFSThread::Request::processRequest()
 		apr_int32_t flags = APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY;
 		if (mOffset < 0)
 			flags |= APR_APPEND;
-		LLAPRFile outfile ; // auto-closes
-		outfile.open(mFileName, flags, mThread->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		LLAPRFile outfile(mFileName, flags);
 		if (!outfile.getFileHandle())
 		{
 			llwarns << "LLLFS: Unable to write file: " << mFileName << llendl;
diff --git a/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp b/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
index c1fe21c57dff116242a9ffa06e649e0528e249f7..1a64623028ce62353f2bd8922195427e57e214be 100644
--- a/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
+++ b/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ LLVFS::LLVFS(const std::string& index_filename, const std::string& data_filename
 	mDataFP(NULL),
 	mIndexFP(NULL)
 {
-	mDataMutex = new LLMutex(0);
+	mDataMutex = new LLMutex;
 
 	S32 i;
 	for (i = 0; i < VFSLOCK_COUNT; i++)
@@ -2094,8 +2094,7 @@ void LLVFS::dumpFiles()
 			std::string filename = id.asString() + extension;
 			llinfos << " Writing " << filename << llendl;
 			
-			LLAPRFile outfile;
-			outfile.open(filename, LL_APR_WB);
+			LLAPRFile outfile(filename, LL_APR_WB);
 			outfile.write(&buffer[0], size);
 			outfile.close();
 
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer.h b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer.h
index 6bc272c009aa5e6c87721c6057c2eae9bc917253..77d6d196633efd775f2279c2a03ccc12d8a2333c 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer.h
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 
-#include "apr_pools.h"
 #include "apr_dso.h"
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer_syms.cpp b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer_syms.cpp
index 2e4baaa9eb23744e7b185f873565ac36abb5be09..93a10424dde4d521b48aeee049de9bc342c78290 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer_syms.cpp
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamer_syms.cpp
@@ -28,16 +28,18 @@
 
 #if LL_GSTREAMER010_ENABLED
 
+#include "linden_common.h"
+
 #include <string>
 
 extern "C" {
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 
-#include "apr_pools.h"
 #include "apr_dso.h"
 }
 
 #include "llmediaimplgstreamertriviallogging.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
 #define LL_GST_SYM(REQ, GSTSYM, RTN, ...) RTN (*ll##GSTSYM)(__VA_ARGS__) = NULL
 #include "llmediaimplgstreamer_syms_raw.inc"
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ void ll_gst_debug_register_funcptr(GstDebugFuncPtr func, gchar* ptrname)
 }
 
 static bool sSymsGrabbed = false;
-static apr_pool_t *sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool = NULL;
+static LLAPRPool sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool;
 static apr_dso_handle_t *sSymGSTDSOHandleG = NULL;
 static apr_dso_handle_t *sSymGSTDSOHandleV = NULL;
 
@@ -78,11 +80,11 @@ bool grab_gst_syms(std::string gst_dso_name,
 #define LL_GST_SYM(REQ, GSTSYM, RTN, ...) do{rv = apr_dso_sym((apr_dso_handle_sym_t*)&ll##GSTSYM, sSymGSTDSOHandle, #GSTSYM); if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {INFOMSG("Failed to grab symbol: %s", #GSTSYM); if (REQ) sym_error = true;} else DEBUGMSG("grabbed symbol: %s from %p", #GSTSYM, (void*)ll##GSTSYM);}while(0)
 
 	//attempt to load the shared libraries
-	apr_pool_create(&sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool, NULL);
+	sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool.create();
   
 	if ( APR_SUCCESS == (rv = apr_dso_load(&sSymGSTDSOHandle,
 					       gst_dso_name.c_str(),
-					       sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool) ))
+					       sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool()) ))
 	{
 		INFOMSG("Found DSO: %s", gst_dso_name.c_str());
 #include "llmediaimplgstreamer_syms_raw.inc"
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ bool grab_gst_syms(std::string gst_dso_name,
 		if ( APR_SUCCESS ==
 		     (rv = apr_dso_load(&sSymGSTDSOHandle,
 					gst_dso_name_vid.c_str(),
-					sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool) ))
+					sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool()) ))
 		{
 			INFOMSG("Found DSO: %s", gst_dso_name_vid.c_str());
 #include "llmediaimplgstreamer_syms_rawv.inc"
@@ -150,8 +152,7 @@ void ungrab_gst_syms()
 	
 	if ( sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool )
 	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool);
-		sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool = NULL;
+		sSymGSTDSOMemoryPool.destroy();
 	}
 	
 	// NULL-out all of the symbols we'd grabbed
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/webkit/linux_volume_catcher.cpp b/indra/media_plugins/webkit/linux_volume_catcher.cpp
index 91be3a89e9a6e58cee506e4312cc250647440351..94dfd80700306ff32170cee44dff5b031c25879f 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/webkit/linux_volume_catcher.cpp
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/webkit/linux_volume_catcher.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #undef LL_PA_SYM
 
 static bool sSymsGrabbed = false;
-static apr_pool_t *sSymPADSOMemoryPool = NULL;
+static LLAPRPool sSymPADSOMemoryPool;
 static apr_dso_handle_t *sSymPADSOHandleG = NULL;
 
 bool grab_pa_syms(std::string pulse_dso_name)
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ bool grab_pa_syms(std::string pulse_dso_name)
 #define LL_PA_SYM(REQUIRED, PASYM, RTN, ...) do{rv = apr_dso_sym((apr_dso_handle_sym_t*)&ll##PASYM, sSymPADSOHandle, #PASYM); if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {INFOMSG("Failed to grab symbol: %s", #PASYM); if (REQUIRED) sym_error = true;} else DEBUGMSG("grabbed symbol: %s from %p", #PASYM, (void*)ll##PASYM);}while(0)
 
 	//attempt to load the shared library
-	apr_pool_create(&sSymPADSOMemoryPool, NULL);
+	sSymPADSOMemoryPool.create();
   
 	if ( APR_SUCCESS == (rv = apr_dso_load(&sSymPADSOHandle,
 					       pulse_dso_name.c_str(),
-					       sSymPADSOMemoryPool) ))
+					       sSymPADSOMemoryPool()) ))
 	{
 		INFOMSG("Found DSO: %s", pulse_dso_name.c_str());
 
@@ -130,12 +130,8 @@ void ungrab_pa_syms()
 		apr_dso_unload(sSymPADSOHandleG);
 		sSymPADSOHandleG = NULL;
 	}
-	
-	if ( sSymPADSOMemoryPool )
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(sSymPADSOMemoryPool);
-		sSymPADSOMemoryPool = NULL;
-	}
+
+	sSymPADSOMemoryPool.destroy();
 	
 	// NULL-out all of the symbols we'd grabbed
 #define LL_PA_SYM(REQUIRED, PASYM, RTN, ...) do{ll##PASYM = NULL;}while(0)
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
index a23f809b712316cf118e0aaafa23db03e571244d..1f76e2af400c08d70771a1ce3b8920950f2e0162 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ bool LLAppViewer::mainLoop()
 	//-------------------------------------------
 
 	// Create IO Pump to use for HTTP Requests.
-	gServicePump = new LLPumpIO(gAPRPoolp);
+	gServicePump = new LLPumpIO;
 	LLHTTPClient::setPump(*gServicePump);
 	LLCurl::setCAFile(gDirUtilp->getCAFile());
 	
@@ -1387,16 +1387,16 @@ bool LLAppViewer::cleanup()
 	}
 
 	// *TODO - generalize this and move DSO wrangling to a helper class -brad
-	std::set<struct apr_dso_handle_t *>::const_iterator i;
-	for(i = mPlugins.begin(); i != mPlugins.end(); ++i)
+	for(std::map<apr_dso_handle_t*, boost::shared_ptr<LLAPRPool> >::iterator plugin = mPlugins.begin();
+		plugin != mPlugins.end(); ++plugin)
 	{
 		int (*ll_plugin_stop_func)(void) = NULL;
-		apr_status_t rv = apr_dso_sym((apr_dso_handle_sym_t*)&ll_plugin_stop_func, *i, "ll_plugin_stop");
+		apr_status_t rv = apr_dso_sym((apr_dso_handle_sym_t*)&ll_plugin_stop_func, plugin->first, "ll_plugin_stop");
 		ll_plugin_stop_func();
 
-		rv = apr_dso_unload(*i);
+		rv = apr_dso_unload(plugin->first);
 	}
-	mPlugins.clear();
+	mPlugins.clear();	// Forget handles and destroy all memory pools.
 
 	//flag all elements as needing to be destroyed immediately
 	// to ensure shutdown order
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ bool LLAppViewer::initThreads()
 
 	if (LLFastTimer::sLog || LLFastTimer::sMetricLog)
 	{
-		LLFastTimer::sLogLock = new LLMutex(NULL);
+		LLFastTimer::sLogLock = new LLMutex;
 		mFastTimerLogThread = new LLFastTimerLogThread(LLFastTimer::sLogName);
 		mFastTimerLogThread->start();
 	}
@@ -2969,8 +2969,7 @@ void LLAppViewer::handleViewerCrash()
 		else crash_file_name = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_LOGS,ERROR_MARKER_FILE_NAME);
 		llinfos << "Creating crash marker file " << crash_file_name << llendl;
 		
-		LLAPRFile crash_file ;
-		crash_file.open(crash_file_name, LL_APR_W);
+		LLAPRFile crash_file(crash_file_name, LL_APR_W);
 		if (crash_file.getFileHandle())
 		{
 			LL_INFOS("MarkerFile") << "Created crash marker file " << crash_file_name << LL_ENDL;
@@ -3034,11 +3033,10 @@ bool LLAppViewer::anotherInstanceRunning()
 	LL_DEBUGS("MarkerFile") << "Checking marker file for lock..." << LL_ENDL;
 
 	//Freeze case checks
-	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(marker_file, NULL, LL_APR_RB))
+	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(marker_file, LL_APR_RB))
 	{
 		// File exists, try opening with write permissions
-		LLAPRFile outfile ;
-		outfile.open(marker_file, LL_APR_WB);
+		LLAPRFile outfile(marker_file, LL_APR_WB);
 		apr_file_t* fMarker = outfile.getFileHandle() ; 
 		if (!fMarker)
 		{
@@ -3077,25 +3075,25 @@ void LLAppViewer::initMarkerFile()
 	std::string llerror_marker_file = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_LOGS, LLERROR_MARKER_FILE_NAME);
 	std::string error_marker_file = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_LOGS, ERROR_MARKER_FILE_NAME);
 
-	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mMarkerFileName, NULL, LL_APR_RB) && !anotherInstanceRunning())
+	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mMarkerFileName, LL_APR_RB) && !anotherInstanceRunning())
 	{
 		gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_FROZE;
 		LL_INFOS("MarkerFile") << "Exec marker found: program froze on previous execution" << LL_ENDL;
 	}    
-	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(logout_marker_file, NULL, LL_APR_RB))
+	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(logout_marker_file, LL_APR_RB))
 	{
 		gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_LOGOUT_FROZE;
 		LL_INFOS("MarkerFile") << "Last exec LLError crashed, setting LastExecEvent to " << gLastExecEvent << LL_ENDL;
 		LLAPRFile::remove(logout_marker_file);
 	}
-	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(llerror_marker_file, NULL, LL_APR_RB))
+	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(llerror_marker_file, LL_APR_RB))
 	{
 		if(gLastExecEvent == LAST_EXEC_LOGOUT_FROZE) gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_LOGOUT_CRASH;
 		else gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_LLERROR_CRASH;
 		LL_INFOS("MarkerFile") << "Last exec LLError crashed, setting LastExecEvent to " << gLastExecEvent << LL_ENDL;
 		LLAPRFile::remove(llerror_marker_file);
 	}
-	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(error_marker_file, NULL, LL_APR_RB))
+	if(LLAPRFile::isExist(error_marker_file, LL_APR_RB))
 	{
 		if(gLastExecEvent == LAST_EXEC_LOGOUT_FROZE) gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_LOGOUT_CRASH;
 		else gLastExecEvent = LAST_EXEC_OTHER_CRASH;
@@ -3111,7 +3109,7 @@ void LLAppViewer::initMarkerFile()
 	
 	// Create the marker file for this execution & lock it
 	apr_status_t s;
-	s = mMarkerFile.open(mMarkerFileName, LL_APR_W, TRUE);	
+	s = mMarkerFile.open(mMarkerFileName, LL_APR_W, LLAPRFile::long_lived);
 
 	if (s == APR_SUCCESS && mMarkerFile.getFileHandle())
 	{
@@ -4327,8 +4325,7 @@ void LLAppViewer::sendLogoutRequest()
 		gLogoutInProgress = TRUE;
 		mLogoutMarkerFileName = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_LOGS,LOGOUT_MARKER_FILE_NAME);
 		
-		LLAPRFile outfile ;
-		outfile.open(mLogoutMarkerFileName, LL_APR_W);
+		LLAPRFile outfile(mLogoutMarkerFileName, LL_APR_W);
 		mLogoutMarkerFile =  outfile.getFileHandle() ;
 		if (mLogoutMarkerFile)
 		{
@@ -4778,14 +4775,15 @@ void LLAppViewer::loadEventHostModule(S32 listen_port)
 	}
 #endif // LL_WINDOWS
 
-	apr_dso_handle_t * eventhost_dso_handle = NULL;
-	apr_pool_t * eventhost_dso_memory_pool = NULL;
+	boost::shared_ptr<LLAPRPool> eventhost_dso_memory_pool_ptr(new LLAPRPool);
+	LLAPRPool& eventhost_dso_memory_pool(*eventhost_dso_memory_pool_ptr);
+	apr_dso_handle_t* eventhost_dso_handle = NULL;
 
 	//attempt to load the shared library
-	apr_pool_create(&eventhost_dso_memory_pool, NULL);
+	eventhost_dso_memory_pool.create();
 	apr_status_t rv = apr_dso_load(&eventhost_dso_handle,
 		dso_path.c_str(),
-		eventhost_dso_memory_pool);
+		eventhost_dso_memory_pool());
 	llassert_always(! ll_apr_warn_status(rv, eventhost_dso_handle));
 	llassert_always(eventhost_dso_handle != NULL);
 
@@ -4805,7 +4803,8 @@ void LLAppViewer::loadEventHostModule(S32 listen_port)
 		llerrs << "problem loading eventhost plugin, status: " << status << llendl;
 	}
 
-	mPlugins.insert(eventhost_dso_handle);
+	// Store the handle and link it to the pool that was used to allocate it.
+	mPlugins[eventhost_dso_handle] = eventhost_dso_memory_pool_ptr;
 }
 
 void LLAppViewer::launchUpdater()
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewer.h b/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
index a18e6cbb028153a5fffa9eb225bbb50542d6218b..00b12d50aedd77c38aeddaebe31a229be6f36805 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class LLAppViewer : public LLApp
 
     LLAllocator mAlloc;
 
-	std::set<struct apr_dso_handle_t*> mPlugins;
+	std::map<apr_dso_handle_t*, boost::shared_ptr<LLAPRPool> > mPlugins;
 
 	U32 mAvailPhysicalMemInKB ;
 	U32 mAvailVirtualMemInKB ;
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux.cpp
index 898cc1c0ba8686bc615b685e2d17353c5d51dbb9..d4c6131c8037c031bdafd2f19a5c957d7f13cc33 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	delete viewer_app_ptr;
 	viewer_app_ptr = NULL;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux_api_dbus.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux_api_dbus.cpp
index 32e7e0a83d5b10d350bcfceefa47d5478a5bd9c5..1ae469dfcfde79ffcf9ad423038e454ea387c60e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux_api_dbus.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewerlinux_api_dbus.cpp
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 #if LL_DBUS_ENABLED
 
 #include "linden_common.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
 extern "C" {
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 
-#include "apr_pools.h"
 #include "apr_dso.h"
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #undef LL_DBUS_SYM
 
 static bool sSymsGrabbed = false;
-static apr_pool_t *sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool = NULL;
+static LLAPRPool sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool;
 static apr_dso_handle_t *sSymDBUSDSOHandleG = NULL;
 
 bool grab_dbus_syms(std::string dbus_dso_name)
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ bool grab_dbus_syms(std::string dbus_dso_name)
 #define LL_DBUS_SYM(REQUIRED, DBUSSYM, RTN, ...) do{rv = apr_dso_sym((apr_dso_handle_sym_t*)&ll##DBUSSYM, sSymDBUSDSOHandle, #DBUSSYM); if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {INFOMSG("Failed to grab symbol: %s", #DBUSSYM); if (REQUIRED) sym_error = true;} else DEBUGMSG("grabbed symbol: %s from %p", #DBUSSYM, (void*)ll##DBUSSYM);}while(0)
 
 	//attempt to load the shared library
-	apr_pool_create(&sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool, NULL);
+	sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool.create();
   
 	if ( APR_SUCCESS == (rv = apr_dso_load(&sSymDBUSDSOHandle,
 					       dbus_dso_name.c_str(),
-					       sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool) ))
+					       sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool()) ))
 	{
 		INFOMSG("Found DSO: %s", dbus_dso_name.c_str());
 
@@ -109,11 +109,7 @@ void ungrab_dbus_syms()
 		sSymDBUSDSOHandleG = NULL;
 	}
 	
-	if ( sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool )
-	{
-		apr_pool_destroy(sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool);
-		sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool = NULL;
-	}
+	sSymDBUSDSOMemoryPool.destroy();
 	
 	// NULL-out all of the symbols we'd grabbed
 #define LL_DBUS_SYM(REQUIRED, DBUSSYM, RTN, ...) do{ll##DBUSSYM = NULL;}while(0)
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
index 1cd80986d8cbef91410bcac44d284bb6d7608e36..13c8745eaff6673a321cf843dcc051e5915cade0 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	delete viewer_app_ptr;
 	viewer_app_ptr = NULL;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llfloateranimpreview.cpp b/indra/newview/llfloateranimpreview.cpp
index deebd69ec102be55808eb047daf07f6481bb7c2f..9b96332c100711db58a68d355020e1a12275dd1f 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfloateranimpreview.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfloateranimpreview.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ BOOL LLFloaterAnimPreview::postBuild()
 		// now load bvh file
 		S32 file_size;
 		
-		LLAPRFile infile ;
-		infile.open(mFilenameAndPath, LL_APR_RB, NULL, &file_size);
+		LLAPRFile infile(mFilenameAndPath, LL_APR_RB, &file_size);
 		
 		if (!infile.getFileHandle())
 		{
diff --git a/indra/newview/llmainlooprepeater.cpp b/indra/newview/llmainlooprepeater.cpp
index 5c020e6d982eb7060b857a800f36b4d050f87f25..d73048a28b101b9fdf6a0044f27c6f173ce400c7 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llmainlooprepeater.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llmainlooprepeater.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void LLMainLoopRepeater::start(void)
 {
 	if(mQueue != 0) return;
 
-	mQueue = new LLThreadSafeQueue<LLSD>(gAPRPoolp, 1024);
+	mQueue = new LLThreadSafeQueue<LLSD>(1024);
 	mMainLoopConnection = LLEventPumps::instance().
 		obtain("mainloop").listen(LLEventPump::inventName(), boost::bind(&LLMainLoopRepeater::onMainLoop, this, _1));
 	mRepeaterConnection = LLEventPumps::instance().
diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
index f54214b95cbc6e173270fe7d39cc544299171c9e..a47ea8581a96c2a1567d7154f01de11875f3c528 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class LLTextureCacheLocalFileWorker : public LLTextureCacheWorker
 
 bool LLTextureCacheLocalFileWorker::doRead()
 {
-	S32 local_size = LLAPRFile::size(mFileName, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+	S32 local_size = LLAPRFile::size(mFileName);
 
 	if (local_size > 0 && mFileName.size() > 4)
 	{
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheLocalFileWorker::doRead()
 	}
 	mReadData = new U8[mDataSize];
 	
-	S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(mFileName, mReadData, mOffset, mDataSize, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());	
+	S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(mFileName, mReadData, mOffset, mDataSize);
 
 	if (bytes_read != mDataSize)
 	{
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 		// Is it a JPEG2000 file? 
 		{
 			local_filename = filename + ".j2c";
-			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 			if (local_size > 0)
 			{
 				mImageFormat = IMG_CODEC_J2C;
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 		if (local_size == 0)
 		{
 			local_filename = filename + ".jpg";
-			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 			if (local_size > 0)
 			{
 				mImageFormat = IMG_CODEC_JPEG;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 		if (local_size == 0)
 		{
 			local_filename = filename + ".tga";
-			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 			if (local_size > 0)
 			{
 				mImageFormat = IMG_CODEC_TGA;
@@ -378,8 +378,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 		}
 		// Allocate read buffer
 		mReadData = new U8[mDataSize];
-		S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(local_filename, 
-											 mReadData, mOffset, mDataSize, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(local_filename, mReadData, mOffset, mDataSize);
 		if (bytes_read != mDataSize)
 		{
  			llwarns << "Error reading file from local cache: " << local_filename
@@ -430,8 +429,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 		size = llmin(size, mDataSize);
 		// Allocate the read buffer
 		mReadData = new U8[size];
-		S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, 
-											 mReadData, offset, size, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, mReadData, offset, size);
 		if (bytes_read != size)
 		{
 			llwarns << "LLTextureCacheWorker: "  << mID
@@ -457,7 +455,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 	if (!done && (mState == BODY))
 	{
 		std::string filename = mCache->getTextureFileName(mID);
-		S32 filesize = LLAPRFile::size(filename, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		S32 filesize = LLAPRFile::size(filename);
 
 		if (filesize && (filesize + TEXTURE_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE) > mOffset)
 		{
@@ -499,8 +497,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doRead()
 			// Read the data at last
 			S32 bytes_read = LLAPRFile::readEx(filename, 
 											 mReadData + data_offset,
-											 file_offset, file_size,
-											 mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+											 file_offset, file_size);
 			if (bytes_read != file_size)
 			{
 				llwarns << "LLTextureCacheWorker: "  << mID
@@ -601,13 +598,13 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doWrite()
 			U8* padBuffer = new U8[TEXTURE_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE];
 			memset(padBuffer, 0, TEXTURE_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE);		// Init with zeros
 			memcpy(padBuffer, mWriteData, mDataSize);			// Copy the write buffer
-			bytes_written = LLAPRFile::writeEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, padBuffer, offset, size, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			bytes_written = LLAPRFile::writeEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, padBuffer, offset, size);
 			delete [] padBuffer;
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// Write the header record (== first TEXTURE_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE bytes of the raw file) in the header file
-			bytes_written = LLAPRFile::writeEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, mWriteData, offset, size, mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			bytes_written = LLAPRFile::writeEx(mCache->mHeaderDataFileName, mWriteData, offset, size);
 		}
 
 		if (bytes_written <= 0)
@@ -642,8 +639,7 @@ bool LLTextureCacheRemoteWorker::doWrite()
 // 			llinfos << "Writing Body: " << filename << " Bytes: " << file_offset+file_size << llendl;
 			S32 bytes_written = LLAPRFile::writeEx(	filename, 
 													mWriteData + TEXTURE_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE,
-													0, file_size,
-													mCache->getLocalAPRFilePool());
+													0, file_size);
 			if (bytes_written <= 0)
 			{
 				llwarns << "LLTextureCacheWorker: "  << mID
@@ -740,9 +736,6 @@ void LLTextureCacheWorker::endWork(S32 param, bool aborted)
 
 LLTextureCache::LLTextureCache(bool threaded)
 	: LLWorkerThread("TextureCache", threaded),
-	  mWorkersMutex(NULL),
-	  mHeaderMutex(NULL),
-	  mListMutex(NULL),
 	  mHeaderAPRFile(NULL),
 	  mReadOnly(TRUE), //do not allow to change the texture cache until setReadOnly() is called.
 	  mTexturesSizeTotal(0),
@@ -846,7 +839,7 @@ BOOL LLTextureCache::isInLocal(const LLUUID& id)
 	// Is it a JPEG2000 file? 
 	{
 		local_filename = filename + ".j2c";
-		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 		if (local_size > 0)
 		{
 			return TRUE ;
@@ -856,7 +849,7 @@ BOOL LLTextureCache::isInLocal(const LLUUID& id)
 	// If not, is it a jpeg file?		
 	{
 		local_filename = filename + ".jpg";
-		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 		if (local_size > 0)
 		{
 			return TRUE ;
@@ -866,7 +859,7 @@ BOOL LLTextureCache::isInLocal(const LLUUID& id)
 	// Hmm... What about a targa file? (used for UI texture mostly)		
 	{
 		local_filename = filename + ".tga";
-		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		local_size = LLAPRFile::size(local_filename);
 		if (local_size > 0)
 		{
 			return TRUE ;
@@ -912,10 +905,10 @@ void LLTextureCache::purgeCache(ELLPath location)
 		if(LLFile::isdir(mTexturesDirName))
 		{
 			std::string file_name = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location, entries_filename);
-			LLAPRFile::remove(file_name, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			LLAPRFile::remove(file_name);
 
 			file_name = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location, cache_filename);
-			LLAPRFile::remove(file_name, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+			LLAPRFile::remove(file_name);
 
 			purgeAllTextures(true);
 		}
@@ -991,7 +984,9 @@ LLAPRFile* LLTextureCache::openHeaderEntriesFile(bool readonly, S32 offset)
 {
 	llassert_always(mHeaderAPRFile == NULL);
 	apr_int32_t flags = readonly ? APR_READ|APR_BINARY : APR_READ|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY;
-	mHeaderAPRFile = new LLAPRFile(mHeaderEntriesFileName, flags, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+	// All code calling openHeaderEntriesFile, immediately calls closeHeaderEntriesFile,
+	// so this file is very short-lived.
+	mHeaderAPRFile = new LLAPRFile(mHeaderEntriesFileName, flags);
 	if(offset > 0)
 	{
 		mHeaderAPRFile->seek(APR_SET, offset);
@@ -1014,10 +1009,9 @@ void LLTextureCache::readEntriesHeader()
 {
 	// mHeaderEntriesInfo initializes to default values so safe not to read it
 	llassert_always(mHeaderAPRFile == NULL);
-	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mHeaderEntriesFileName, getLocalAPRFilePool()))
+	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mHeaderEntriesFileName))
 	{
-		LLAPRFile::readEx(mHeaderEntriesFileName, (U8*)&mHeaderEntriesInfo, 0, sizeof(EntriesInfo),
-						  getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		LLAPRFile::readEx(mHeaderEntriesFileName, (U8*)&mHeaderEntriesInfo, 0, sizeof(EntriesInfo));
 	}
 	else //create an empty entries header.
 	{
@@ -1032,8 +1026,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::writeEntriesHeader()
 	llassert_always(mHeaderAPRFile == NULL);
 	if (!mReadOnly)
 	{
-		LLAPRFile::writeEx(mHeaderEntriesFileName, (U8*)&mHeaderEntriesInfo, 0, sizeof(EntriesInfo),
-						   getLocalAPRFilePool());
+		LLAPRFile::writeEx(mHeaderEntriesFileName, (U8*)&mHeaderEntriesInfo, 0, sizeof(EntriesInfo));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1623,7 +1616,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::purgeTextures(bool validate)
 			if (uuididx == validate_idx)
 			{
  				LL_DEBUGS("TextureCache") << "Validating: " << filename << "Size: " << entries[idx].mBodySize << LL_ENDL;
-				S32 bodysize = LLAPRFile::size(filename, getLocalAPRFilePool());
+				S32 bodysize = LLAPRFile::size(filename);
 				if (bodysize != entries[idx].mBodySize)
 				{
 					LL_WARNS("TextureCache") << "TEXTURE CACHE BODY HAS BAD SIZE: " << bodysize << " != " << entries[idx].mBodySize
@@ -1858,7 +1851,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::removeCachedTexture(const LLUUID& id)
 		mTexturesSizeMap.erase(id);
 	}
 	mHeaderIDMap.erase(id);
-	LLAPRFile::remove(getTextureFileName(id), getLocalAPRFilePool());		
+	LLAPRFile::remove(getTextureFileName(id));		
 }
 
 //called after mHeaderMutex is locked.
@@ -1870,7 +1863,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::removeEntry(S32 idx, Entry& entry, std::string& filename)
 	{
 		if (entry.mBodySize == 0)	// Always attempt to remove when mBodySize > 0.
 		{
-		  if (LLAPRFile::isExist(filename, getLocalAPRFilePool()))		// Sanity check. Shouldn't exist when body size is 0.
+		  if (LLAPRFile::isExist(filename))		// Sanity check. Shouldn't exist when body size is 0.
 		  {
 			  LL_WARNS("TextureCache") << "Entry has body size of zero but file " << filename << " exists. Deleting this file, too." << LL_ENDL;
 		  }
@@ -1891,7 +1884,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::removeEntry(S32 idx, Entry& entry, std::string& filename)
 
 	if (file_maybe_exists)
 	{
-		LLAPRFile::remove(filename, getLocalAPRFilePool());		
+		LLAPRFile::remove(filename);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
index 64e3a2658c38565f1b8f32253fdb50621ed90773..79f5ba58358329f1231efdfd732751c4a5e4bf59 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ class LLTextureCache : public LLWorkerThread
 	std::string getTextureFileName(const LLUUID& id);
 	void addCompleted(Responder* responder, bool success);
 	
-protected:
-	//void setFileAPRPool(apr_pool_t* pool) { mFileAPRPool = pool ; }
-
 private:
 	void setDirNames(ELLPath location);
 	void readHeaderCache();
diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
index 18c3a3b87ddf6ef917c86fc2107d112e46bbf026..139b434aeb45c129dee544411d6f1d4ad00ceff2 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@ LLTextureFetchWorker::LLTextureFetchWorker(LLTextureFetch* fetcher,
 	  mRetryAttempt(0),
 	  mActiveCount(0),
 	  mGetStatus(0),
-	  mWorkMutex(NULL),
 	  mFirstPacket(0),
 	  mLastPacket(-1),
 	  mTotalPackets(0),
@@ -1816,8 +1815,6 @@ LLTextureFetch::LLTextureFetch(LLTextureCache* cache, LLImageDecodeThread* image
 	  mDebugPause(FALSE),
 	  mPacketCount(0),
 	  mBadPacketCount(0),
-	  mQueueMutex(getAPRPool()),
-	  mNetworkQueueMutex(getAPRPool()),
 	  mTextureCache(cache),
 	  mImageDecodeThread(imagedecodethread),
 	  mTextureBandwidth(0),
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewermenufile.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewermenufile.cpp
index fda291f3c1ce9e29f0e70b44a5ba7c60469ba77f..6bee7556cd1e24aaf41febb709c981c62869a23f 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewermenufile.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewermenufile.cpp
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ void upload_new_resource(const std::string& src_filename, std::string name,
 		uuid = tid.makeAssetID(gAgent.getSecureSessionID());
 		// copy this file into the vfs for upload
 		S32 file_size;
-		LLAPRFile infile ;
-		infile.open(filename, LL_APR_RB, NULL, &file_size);
+		LLAPRFile infile(filename, LL_APR_RB, &file_size);
 		if (infile.getFileHandle())
 		{
 			LLVFile file(gVFS, uuid, asset_type, LLVFile::WRITE);
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
index fd89044995aab28a4d7107f698ed147bfcec6581..2cd9b099324c927a02f2efdfcd3a4881be6827b1 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
@@ -7190,8 +7190,7 @@ void LLVOAvatar::useBakedTexture( const LLUUID& id )
 // static
 void LLVOAvatar::dumpArchetypeXML( void* )
 {
-	LLAPRFile outfile;
-	outfile.open(gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_CHARACTER,"new archetype.xml"), LL_APR_WB );
+	LLAPRFile outfile(gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_CHARACTER, "new archetype.xml"), LL_APR_WB);
 	apr_file_t* file = outfile.getFileHandle() ;
 	if (!file)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvocache.cpp b/indra/newview/llvocache.cpp
index a93350070627ac74eb5747c89756ff7f7e8bbb8c..d25831b4f119de109cf38c7d483d84290fd5fe93 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvocache.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llvocache.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
 #include "llregionhandle.h"
 #include "llviewercontrol.h"
 
-BOOL check_read(LLAPRFile* apr_file, void* src, S32 n_bytes) 
+static BOOL check_read(LLAPRFile& apr_file, void* src, S32 n_bytes) 
 {
-	return apr_file->read(src, n_bytes) == n_bytes ;
+	return apr_file.read(src, n_bytes) == n_bytes ;
 }
 
-BOOL check_write(LLAPRFile* apr_file, void* src, S32 n_bytes) 
+static BOOL check_write(LLAPRFile& apr_file, void* src, S32 n_bytes) 
 {
-	return apr_file->write(src, n_bytes) == n_bytes ;
+	return apr_file.write(src, n_bytes) == n_bytes ;
 }
 
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ LLVOCacheEntry::LLVOCacheEntry()
 	mDP.assignBuffer(mBuffer, 0);
 }
 
-LLVOCacheEntry::LLVOCacheEntry(LLAPRFile* apr_file)
+LLVOCacheEntry::LLVOCacheEntry(LLAPRFile& apr_file)
 {
 	S32 size = -1;
 	BOOL success;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void LLVOCacheEntry::dump() const
 		<< llendl;
 }
 
-BOOL LLVOCacheEntry::writeToFile(LLAPRFile* apr_file) const
+BOOL LLVOCacheEntry::writeToFile(LLAPRFile& apr_file) const
 {
 	BOOL success;
 	success = check_write(apr_file, (void*)&mLocalID, sizeof(U32));
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ LLVOCache::LLVOCache():
 	mCacheSize(1)
 {
 	mEnabled = gSavedSettings.getBOOL("ObjectCacheEnabled");
-	mLocalAPRFilePoolp = new LLVolatileAPRPool() ;
 }
 
 LLVOCache::~LLVOCache()
@@ -276,7 +275,6 @@ LLVOCache::~LLVOCache()
 		writeCacheHeader();
 		clearCacheInMemory();
 	}
-	delete mLocalAPRFilePoolp;
 }
 
 void LLVOCache::setDirNames(ELLPath location)
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@ void LLVOCache::removeFromCache(HeaderEntryInfo* entry)
 
 	std::string filename;
 	getObjectCacheFilename(entry->mHandle, filename);
-	LLAPRFile::remove(filename, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);
+	LLAPRFile::remove(filename);
 	entry->mTime = INVALID_TIME ;
 	updateEntry(entry) ; //update the head file.
 }
@@ -454,12 +452,12 @@ void LLVOCache::readCacheHeader()
 	clearCacheInMemory();	
 
 	bool success = true ;
-	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mHeaderFileName, mLocalAPRFilePoolp))
+	if (LLAPRFile::isExist(mHeaderFileName))
 	{
-		LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_READ|APR_BINARY, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);		
+		LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_READ|APR_BINARY);		
 		
 		//read the meta element
-		success = check_read(&apr_file, &mMetaInfo, sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo)) ;
+		success = check_read(apr_file, &mMetaInfo, sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo)) ;
 		
 		if(success)
 		{
@@ -472,7 +470,7 @@ void LLVOCache::readCacheHeader()
 				{
 					entry = new HeaderEntryInfo() ;
 				}
-				success = check_read(&apr_file, entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo));
+				success = check_read(apr_file, entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo));
 								
 				if(!success) //failed
 				{
@@ -541,17 +539,17 @@ void LLVOCache::writeCacheHeader()
 
 	bool success = true ;
 	{
-		LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);
+		LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY);
 
 		//write the meta element
-		success = check_write(&apr_file, &mMetaInfo, sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo)) ;
+		success = check_write(apr_file, &mMetaInfo, sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo)) ;
 
 
 		mNumEntries = 0 ;	
 		for(header_entry_queue_t::iterator iter = mHeaderEntryQueue.begin() ; success && iter != mHeaderEntryQueue.end(); ++iter)
 		{
 			(*iter)->mIndex = mNumEntries++ ;
-			success = check_write(&apr_file, (void*)*iter, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo));
+			success = check_write(apr_file, (void*)*iter, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo));
 		}
 	
 		mNumEntries = mHeaderEntryQueue.size() ;
@@ -562,7 +560,7 @@ void LLVOCache::writeCacheHeader()
 			for(S32 i = mNumEntries ; success && i < MAX_NUM_OBJECT_ENTRIES ; i++)
 			{
 				//fill the cache with the default entry.
-				success = check_write(&apr_file, entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo)) ;			
+				success = check_write(apr_file, entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo)) ;			
 
 			}
 			delete entry ;
@@ -579,10 +577,10 @@ void LLVOCache::writeCacheHeader()
 
 BOOL LLVOCache::updateEntry(const HeaderEntryInfo* entry)
 {
-	LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);
-	apr_file.seek(APR_SET, entry->mIndex * sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo) + sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo)) ;
+	LLAPRFile apr_file(mHeaderFileName, APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY);
+	apr_file.seek(APR_SET, entry->mIndex * sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo) + sizeof(HeaderMetaInfo));
 
-	return check_write(&apr_file, (void*)entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo)) ;
+	return check_write(apr_file, (void*)entry, sizeof(HeaderEntryInfo)) ;
 }
 
 void LLVOCache::readFromCache(U64 handle, const LLUUID& id, LLVOCacheEntry::vocache_entry_map_t& cache_entry_map) 
@@ -605,10 +603,10 @@ void LLVOCache::readFromCache(U64 handle, const LLUUID& id, LLVOCacheEntry::voca
 	{
 		std::string filename;
 		getObjectCacheFilename(handle, filename);
-		LLAPRFile apr_file(filename, APR_READ|APR_BINARY, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);
+		LLAPRFile apr_file(filename, APR_READ|APR_BINARY);
 	
 		LLUUID cache_id ;
-		success = check_read(&apr_file, cache_id.mData, UUID_BYTES) ;
+		success = check_read(apr_file, cache_id.mData, UUID_BYTES) ;
 	
 		if(success)
 		{		
@@ -621,11 +619,11 @@ void LLVOCache::readFromCache(U64 handle, const LLUUID& id, LLVOCacheEntry::voca
 			if(success)
 			{
 				S32 num_entries;
-				success = check_read(&apr_file, &num_entries, sizeof(S32)) ;
+				success = check_read(apr_file, &num_entries, sizeof(S32)) ;
 	
 				for (S32 i = 0; success && i < num_entries; i++)
 				{
-					LLVOCacheEntry* entry = new LLVOCacheEntry(&apr_file);
+					LLVOCacheEntry* entry = new LLVOCacheEntry(apr_file);
 					if (!entry->getLocalID())
 					{
 						llwarns << "Aborting cache file load for " << filename << ", cache file corruption!" << llendl;
@@ -724,19 +722,19 @@ void LLVOCache::writeToCache(U64 handle, const LLUUID& id, const LLVOCacheEntry:
 	{
 		std::string filename;
 		getObjectCacheFilename(handle, filename);
-		LLAPRFile apr_file(filename, APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY, mLocalAPRFilePoolp);
+		LLAPRFile apr_file(filename, APR_CREATE|APR_WRITE|APR_BINARY);
 	
-		success = check_write(&apr_file, (void*)id.mData, UUID_BYTES) ;
+		success = check_write(apr_file, (void*)id.mData, UUID_BYTES) ;
 
 	
 		if(success)
 		{
 			S32 num_entries = cache_entry_map.size() ;
-			success = check_write(&apr_file, &num_entries, sizeof(S32));
+			success = check_write(apr_file, &num_entries, sizeof(S32));
 	
 			for (LLVOCacheEntry::vocache_entry_map_t::const_iterator iter = cache_entry_map.begin(); success && iter != cache_entry_map.end(); ++iter)
 			{
-				success = iter->second->writeToFile(&apr_file) ;
+				success = iter->second->writeToFile(apr_file) ;
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvocache.h b/indra/newview/llvocache.h
index 14e3b4c79355a94b23827c9b29be224c13a085e7..76456b9e987e95c53515aee83fd7c8f7cc664ab1 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvocache.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llvocache.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LLVOCacheEntry
 {
 public:
 	LLVOCacheEntry(U32 local_id, U32 crc, LLDataPackerBinaryBuffer &dp);
-	LLVOCacheEntry(LLAPRFile* apr_file);
+	LLVOCacheEntry(LLAPRFile& apr_file);
 	LLVOCacheEntry();
 	~LLVOCacheEntry();
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class LLVOCacheEntry
 	S32 getCRCChangeCount() const	{ return mCRCChangeCount; }
 
 	void dump() const;
-	BOOL writeToFile(LLAPRFile* apr_file) const;
+	BOOL writeToFile(LLAPRFile& apr_file) const;
 	void assignCRC(U32 crc, LLDataPackerBinaryBuffer &dp);
 	LLDataPackerBinaryBuffer *getDP(U32 crc);
 	void recordHit();
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ class LLVOCache
 	U32                  mNumEntries;
 	std::string          mHeaderFileName ;
 	std::string          mObjectCacheDirName;
-	LLVolatileAPRPool*   mLocalAPRFilePoolp ; 	
 	header_entry_queue_t mHeaderEntryQueue;
 	handle_entry_map_t   mHandleEntryMap;	
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvoicevivox.cpp b/indra/newview/llvoicevivox.cpp
index 08e242af8eb78a4eb45223041da8c43302f1a691..828207ce1abcf10870b01dab42d2a322d3edd21b 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvoicevivox.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llvoicevivox.cpp
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ void LLVivoxVoiceClient::stateMachine()
 
 				if(!mSocket)
 				{
-					mSocket = LLSocket::create(gAPRPoolp, LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);	
+					mSocket = LLSocket::create(LLSocket::STREAM_TCP);	
 				}
 				
 				mConnected = mSocket->blockingConnect(mDaemonHost);
diff --git a/indra/newview/llwatchdog.cpp b/indra/newview/llwatchdog.cpp
index 1694126802813ecf642da58fa6fc4786595f4e48..d982ca502005ac49f9259edff179182457259c8b 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llwatchdog.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llwatchdog.cpp
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ void LLWatchdog::init(killer_event_callback func)
 	mKillerCallback = func;
 	if(!mSuspectsAccessMutex && !mTimer)
 	{
-		mSuspectsAccessMutex = new LLMutex(NULL);
-		mTimer = new LLWatchdogTimerThread();
+		mSuspectsAccessMutex = new LLMutex;
+		mTimer = new LLWatchdogTimerThread;
 		mTimer->setSleepTime(WATCHDOG_SLEEP_TIME_USEC / 1000);
 		mLastClockCount = LLTimer::getTotalTime();
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/tests/llworldmap_test.cpp b/indra/newview/tests/llworldmap_test.cpp
index acc6e814bc7a196d1f071cc6c79d4a15b9f68123..102294959a35ee15c9bcc75174144d6cd8b1fa03 100644
--- a/indra/newview/tests/llworldmap_test.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/tests/llworldmap_test.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 // Dependencies
 #include "linden_common.h"
-#include "llapr.h"
 #include "llsingleton.h"
 #include "lltrans.h"
 #include "lluistring.h"
diff --git a/indra/test/lltemplatemessagebuilder_tut.cpp b/indra/test/lltemplatemessagebuilder_tut.cpp
index 09beb53869d4afcefa164840ebdfb6cc3b210b5a..532f26ee6086a3d56bbed28b2099dcd0f08b5f0c 100644
--- a/indra/test/lltemplatemessagebuilder_tut.cpp
+++ b/indra/test/lltemplatemessagebuilder_tut.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "lltut.h"
 
-#include "llapr.h"
 #include "llmessagetemplate.h"
 #include "llquaternion.h"
 #include "lltemplatemessagebuilder.h"
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ namespace tut
 			static bool init = false;
 			if(! init)
 			{
-				ll_init_apr();
 				const F32 circuit_heartbeat_interval=5;
 				const F32 circuit_timeout=100;
 
diff --git a/indra/test/message_tut.cpp b/indra/test/message_tut.cpp
index d971b334752dc1c99e5c7bc80d62f84430a62a10..9a6ccd4d6819cb8935af4e52cc987bb4ac40998d 100644
--- a/indra/test/message_tut.cpp
+++ b/indra/test/message_tut.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "lltut.h"
 
-#include "llapr.h"
 #include "llmessageconfig.h"
 #include "llsdserialize.h"
 #include "llversionserver.h"
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ namespace tut
 			static bool init = false;
 			if(!init)
 			{
-				ll_init_apr();
 				//init_prehash_data();
 				init = true;
 			}
diff --git a/indra/test/test.cpp b/indra/test/test.cpp
index ffdb0cb976a311f79a8233ddc4fa7409f139473e..45e8aef99a972b8be9e726c6f4d66ac521d17fcb 100644
--- a/indra/test/test.cpp
+++ b/indra/test/test.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "llerrorcontrol.h"
 #include "lltut.h"
+#include "llaprpool.h"
 
-#include "apr_pools.h"
 #include "apr_getopt.h"
 
 // the CTYPE_WORKAROUND is needed for linux dev stations that don't
@@ -349,17 +349,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ctype_workaround();
 #endif
 
-	apr_initialize();
-	apr_pool_t* pool = NULL;
-	if(APR_SUCCESS != apr_pool_create(&pool, NULL))
-	{
-		std::cerr << "Unable to initialize pool" << std::endl;
-		return 1;
-	}
+	LLAPRPool pool;
+	pool.create();
 	apr_getopt_t* os = NULL;
-	if(APR_SUCCESS != apr_getopt_init(&os, pool, argc, argv))
+	if(APR_SUCCESS != apr_getopt_init(&os, pool(), argc, argv))
 	{
-		std::cerr << "Unable to  pool" << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Unable to initialize the arguments for parsing by apr_getopt()." << std::endl;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -477,8 +472,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		s.close();
 	}
 
-	apr_terminate();
-
 	int retval = (success ? 0 : 1);
 	return retval;
 
diff --git a/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp b/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
index 4a2272032b0a7fd2d1c85136da9822e8e5f805a7..fd46626ff111a760d5e9d1557fb9e49d50182851 100644
--- a/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
+++ b/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include "indra_constants.h"
 
-#include "llapr.h"
 #include "llerrorcontrol.h"
 
 #include <math.h>
@@ -186,9 +185,6 @@ LLMediaPluginTest::LLMediaPluginTest( int app_window, int window_width, int wind
 		std::cout << "Unable to read bookmarks from file: " << bookmarks_filename << std::endl;
 	};
 
-	// initialize linden lab APR module
-	ll_init_apr();
-
 	// Set up llerror logging
 	{
 		LLError::initForApplication(".");
diff --git a/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdateinstaller.cpp b/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdateinstaller.cpp
index d450c068ade8b4bc0c481505a8057a379ec83701..6aa87d1be6e39016d3ea28dc638a6c63aad1e338 100644
--- a/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdateinstaller.cpp
+++ b/indra/viewer_components/updater/llupdateinstaller.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "linden_common.h"
 #include <apr_file_io.h>
 #include "llapr.h"
+#include "llscopedvolatileaprpool.h"
 #include "llprocesslauncher.h"
 #include "llupdateinstaller.h"
 #include "lldir.h"
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ namespace {
 	{
 		std::string scriptFile = gDirUtilp->getBaseFileName(path);
 		std::string newPath = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_TEMP, scriptFile);
-		apr_status_t status = apr_file_copy(path.c_str(), newPath.c_str(), APR_FILE_SOURCE_PERMS, gAPRPoolp);
+		LLScopedVolatileAPRPool pool;
+		apr_status_t status = apr_file_copy(path.c_str(), newPath.c_str(), APR_FILE_SOURCE_PERMS, pool);
 		if(status != APR_SUCCESS) throw RelocateError();
 		
 		return newPath;