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ABORT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual ABORT(3)
abort - cause abnormal process termination
#include <stdlib.h>
void abort(void);
The abort() function first unblocks the SIGABRT signal, and then
raises that signal for the calling process (as though raise(3) was
called). This results in the abnormal termination of the process
unless the SIGABRT signal is caught and the signal handler does not
return (see longjmp(3)).
If the SIGABRT signal is ignored, or caught by a handler that
returns, the abort() function will still terminate the process. It
does this by restoring the default disposition for SIGABRT and then
raising the signal for a second time.
The abort() function never returns.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│abort() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
Up until glibc 2.26, if the abort() function caused process
termination, all open streams were closed and flushed (as with
fclose(3)). However, in some cases this could result in deadlocks
and data corruption. Therefore, starting with glibc 2.27, abort()
terminates the process without flushing streams. POSIX.1 permits
either possible behavior, saying that abort() "may include an attempt
to effect fclose() on all open streams".
gdb(1), sigaction(2), assert(3), exit(3), longjmp(3), raise(3)
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Pages that refer to this page: assert(3) , assert_perror(3) , mallopt(3) , mcheck(3) , mcheck_check_all(3) , mcheck_pedantic(3) , mprobe(3) , stdio(3) , signal(7) , signal-safety(7)
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