From 17ae73a35664642dd889f9a6fca2d177fbe9cd26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Nethercote <njn@valgrind.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:46:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid recursion in VG_(exit).

git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10285
---
 coregrind/m_libcassert.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/coregrind/m_libcassert.c b/coregrind/m_libcassert.c
index b6bdbbee3..8e3eba2f9 100644
--- a/coregrind/m_libcassert.c
+++ b/coregrind/m_libcassert.c
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ void VG_(exit)( Int status )
 #  error Unknown OS
 #endif
    /*NOTREACHED*/
-   VG_(core_panic)("VG_(exit) didn't work?");
+   // We really shouldn't reach here.  Just in case we do, use some very crude
+   // methods to force abort
+   __builtin_trap();
+   *(volatile Int*)0 = 'x';
 }
 
 // Print the scheduler status.