.\" Modified Fri Aug 4 10:51:53 2000 - patch from Joseph S. Myers
.\" 2007-12-15, mtk, Mostly rewritten
.\"
-.TH ABORT 3 2007-12-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ABORT 3 2017-11-26 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
abort \- cause abnormal process termination
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdlib.h>
-.sp
+.PP
.B void abort(void);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR abort ()
-first unblocks the
+function first unblocks the
.B SIGABRT
-signal, and then raises that signal for the calling process.
+signal, and then raises that signal for the calling process
+(as though
+.BR raise (3)
+was called).
This results in the abnormal termination of the process unless the
.B SIGABRT
signal is caught and the signal handler does not return
.BR longjmp (3)).
.PP
If the
-.BR abort ()
-function causes process termination,
-all open streams are closed and flushed.
-.PP
-If the
.B SIGABRT
signal is ignored, or caught by a handler that returns, the
.BR abort ()
The
.BR abort ()
function never returns.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lb lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.BR abort ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
-SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
+SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
+.SH NOTES
+Up until glibc 2.26,
+if the
+.BR abort ()
+function caused process termination,
+all open streams were closed and flushed (as with
+.BR fclose (3)).
+However, in some cases this could result in deadlocks and data corruption.
+Therefore, starting with glibc 2.27,
+.\" glibc commit 91e7cf982d0104f0e71770f5ae8e3faf352dea9f
+.BR abort ()
+terminates the process without flushing streams.
+POSIX.1 permits either possible behavior, saying that
+.BR abort ()
+"may include an attempt to effect fclose() on all open streams".
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gdb (1),
.BR sigaction (2),
+.BR assert (3),
.BR exit (3),
.BR longjmp (3),
.BR raise (3)