diff -ur papi-3.7.0.orig/src/papi_internal.c papi-3.7.0.patches/src/papi_internal.c
--- papi-3.7.0.orig/src/papi_internal.c	2009-08-26 20:01:25.000000000 +0100
+++ papi-3.7.0.patches/src/papi_internal.c	2009-10-09 10:14:39.665680864 +0100
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       PAPIERROR(str);
 
       if (_papi_hwi_error_level == PAPI_VERB_ESTOP)
-         exit(-errorCode);
+         abort ();
       else
          return errorCode;
       break;