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NAME
       reparent_to_init - Reparent the calling kernel thread to the init task.


SYNOPSIS
       void reparent_to_init  (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 init so that it 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_init gives the caller full capabilities.