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-rw-r--r--include/os.h2
-rw-r--r--os/utils.c12
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/os.h b/include/os.h
index dad1af787..453ab82c7 100644
--- a/include/os.h
+++ b/include/os.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ extern _X_EXPORT void OsBlockSignals (void);
extern _X_EXPORT void OsReleaseSignals (void);
+extern _X_EXPORT void OsAbort (void);
+
#if !defined(WIN32)
extern _X_EXPORT int System(char *);
extern _X_EXPORT pointer Popen(char *, char *);
diff --git a/os/utils.c b/os/utils.c
index 79399fa53..21e25e066 100644
--- a/os/utils.c
+++ b/os/utils.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,18 @@ OsReleaseSignals (void)
#endif
}
+/*
+ * Pending signals may interfere with core dumping. Provide a
+ * mechanism to block signals when aborting.
+ */
+
+void
+OsAbort (void)
+{
+ OsBlockSignals();
+ abort();
+}
+
#if !defined(WIN32)
/*
* "safer" versions of system(3), popen(3) and pclose(3) which give up