ABORT(3)                                                                Linux Programmer's Manual                                                               ABORT(3)

NAME
       abort - cause abnormal process termination

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       noreturn void abort(void);

DESCRIPTION
       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  de‐
       fault disposition for SIGABRT and then raising the signal for a second time.

RETURN VALUE
       The abort() function never returns.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                                                                                             │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │abort()                                                                                                                               │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.

NOTES
       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  per‐
       mits either possible behavior, saying that abort() "may include an attempt to effect fclose() on all open streams".

SEE ALSO
       gdb(1), sigaction(2), assert(3), exit(3), longjmp(3), raise(3)

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