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NAME
       reparent_to_kthreadd - Reparent the calling kernel thread to kthreadd

SYNOPSIS
       void reparent_to_kthreadd(void);

ARGUMENTS
       void
	   no arguments

DESCRIPTION
       If a kernel thread is launched as a result of a system call, or if it ever exits, it should generally reparent itself to kthreadd so it
       isn't in the way of other processes and is correctly cleaned up on exit.

       The various task state such as scheduling policy and priority may have been inherited from a user process, so we reset them to sane values
       here.

       NOTE that reparent_to_kthreadd gives the caller full capabilities.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						   REPARENT_TO_KTHREADD(9)