Sets the parent of the current kernel process to the initialization process.
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/errno.h> #include <sys/device.h>
int setpinit()
The setpinit kernel service can be called by a kernel process to set its parent process to the init process. This is done to redirect the death of child signal for the termination of the kernel process. As a result, the init process is allowed to perform its default zombie process cleanup.
The setpinit service is used by a kernel process that can terminate, but does not want the user-mode process under which it was created to receive a death of child process notification.
The setpinit kernel service can be called from the process environment only.
| 0 | Indicates a successful operation. |
| EINVAL | Indicates that the current process is not a kernel process. |
Using Kernel Processes and Process and Exception Management Kernel Services in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.