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25 .Dd September 30, 2006
30 .Nd "abort process with diagnostics"
36 .Fn abort2 "const char *why" "int nargs" "void **args"
40 system call causes the process to be killed and the specified diagnostic
41 message (with arguments) to be delivered by the kernel to the
49 terminated string specifying a reason of the program's termination
50 (maximum 128 characters long).
53 array contains pointers which will be logged numerically
60 argument specifies the number of pointers in
67 is intended for use in situations where continuation of a process
68 is impossible or for other definitive reasons is unwanted, and normal
69 diagnostic channels cannot be trusted to deliver the message.
76 The process is killed with
78 unless the arguments to
80 are invalid, in which case
87 if (weight_kg > max_load) {
90 ptrs[0] = (void *)(intptr_t)weight_kg;
91 ptrs[1] = (void *)(intptr_t)max_load;
93 abort2("Camel overloaded", 3, ptrs);
102 system call first appeared in
108 system call was designed by
109 .An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq Mt phk@FreeBSD.org .
110 It was implemented by
111 .An Wojciech A. Koszek Aq Mt dunstan@freebsd.czest.pl .