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ABORT(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ABORT(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The
Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
abort — generate an abnormal process abort
#include <stdlib.h>
void abort(void);
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned
with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This
volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.
The abort() function shall cause abnormal process termination to
occur, unless the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal
handler does not return.
The abnormal termination processing shall include the default
actions defined for SIGABRT and may include an attempt to effect
fclose() on all open streams.
The SIGABRT signal shall be sent to the calling process as if by
means of raise() with the argument SIGABRT.
The status made available to wait(), waitid(), or waitpid() by
abort() shall be that of a process terminated by the SIGABRT
signal. The abort() function shall override blocking or ignoring
the SIGABRT signal.
The abort() function shall not return.
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
None.
Catching the signal is intended to provide the application
developer with a portable means to abort processing, free from
possible interference from any implementation-supplied functions.
The ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard requires the abort() function to
be async-signal-safe. Since POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C
standard, this required a change to the DESCRIPTION from ``shall
include the effect of fclose()'' to ``may include an attempt to
effect fclose().''
The revised wording permits some backwards-compatibility and
avoids a potential deadlock situation.
The Open Group Base Resolution bwg2002‐003 is applied, removing
the following XSI shaded paragraph from the DESCRIPTION:
``On XSI-conformant systems, in addition the abnormal termination
processing shall include the effect of fclose() on message
catalog descriptors.''
There were several reasons to remove this paragraph:
* No special processing of open message catalogs needs to be
performed prior to abnormal process termination.
* The main reason to specifically mention that abort() includes
the effect of fclose() on open streams is to flush output
queued on the stream. Message catalogs in this context are
read-only and, therefore, do not need to be flushed.
* The effect of fclose() on a message catalog descriptor is
unspecified. Message catalog descriptors are allowed, but not
required to be implemented using a file descriptor, but there
is no mention in POSIX.1‐2008 of a message catalog descriptor
using a standard I/O stream FILE object as would be expected
by fclose().
None.
exit(3p), kill(3p), raise(3p), signal(3p), wait(3p), waitid(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, stdlib.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
(C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2017 ABORT(3P)
Pages that refer to this page: stdlib.h(0p), assert(3p)
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