Berkeley DB

txn_abort

						#include <db.h>
						int
						txn_abort(DB_TXN *tid);
					

Description

The txn_abort function causes an abnormal termination of the transaction. The log is played backward, and any necessary recovery operations are initiated through the recover function specified to DBENV→open. After the log processing is completed, all locks held by the transaction are released. As is the case for txn_commit, applications that require strict two-phase locking should not explicitly release any locks.

In the case of nested transactions, aborting a parent transaction causes all children (unresolved or not) of the parent transaction to be aborted.

Once the txn_abort function returns, the DB_TXN handle may not be accessed again.

The txn_abort function returns a non-zero ...