From kde-core-devel  Mon Jun 01 15:13:29 2009
From: Christoph Feck <christoph () maxiom ! de>
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:13:29 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Use abort() instead of exit() in xio error handler?
Message-Id: <200906011713.30333.christoph () maxiom ! de>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=124388224108162

Hi,

I am currently looking at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194750 and was 
wondering if it would make sense to change xio error handler to use abort() 
instead of exit(), effectively bypassing the static cleanup functions that 
some KDE components register. Those cleanup functions seem to cause this and 
other wired crashes (just grep bko for "exit()" :)

If X11 decides to assert (maybe because of the evil XCB bug), it should not 
create backtraces that suggest completely unrelated bugs.

Could anything make it crucial for exit() handlers to be called before 
crashing?

Christoph Feck (kdepepo)