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Mention that a kthread *must* call kthread_exit() to terminate itself 

properly.  If you don't, the kernel will likely crash.
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.\" $NetBSD: kthread.9,v 1.12 2004/04/23 02:58:27 simonb Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: kthread.9,v 1.13 2005/08/27 01:32:59 briggs Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ within the kernel.
Any process can request the creation of a new kernel thread.
Kernel threads are not swapped out during memory congestion.
The VM space and limits are shared with proc0 (usually swapper).
A kernel thread must call
.Fn kthread_exit
to end execution.
.Sh FUNCTIONS
.Bl -tag -width compact
.It Fn kthread_create1 "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg" "struct proc **newpp" "const char *fmt" "..."
@ -71,6 +74,12 @@ to commence execution.
.Fa fmt
is a string containing format information used to display the kernel
thread name.
The function
.Fa func
must not return.
If the kernel thread runs to completion, it must call
.Fn kthread_exit
to properly terminate itself.
.It Fn kthread_create "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg"
Register function
.Fa func