MISRA.STDLIB.ABORT.2012_AMD1

Use of abort, exit, or system from library stdlib.h.

MISRA C 2012 Rule 21.8: The library functions abort, exit, and system of <stdlib.h> shall not be used

C90 [Undefined 93; Implementation 70–73]

C99 [Undefined 172, 174, 175; Implementation J.3.12(36–38)]

Category: Required

Analysis: Decidable, Single Translation Unit

Applies to: C90, C99

Amplification

The identifiers abort, exit and system shall not be used and no macro with one of these names shall be expanded.

Rationale

These functions have undefined and implementation-defined behaviours associated with them.

See also

Rule 21.19, Rule 21.20