The whole "init is sometimes pid 3" thing is silly. Init is pid 1, anything

else is a kernel bug.  Both 2.4 and 2.6 should get this right now.  This
should fix the bug IraquiGeek is seeing (although killall still needs to
be fixed.)

init/init.c

@@ -6,20 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  * Adjusted by so many folks, it's impossible to keep track.
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 /* Turn this on to disable all the dangerous
@@ -1033,7 +1020,7 @@ extern int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int status;
 
 	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-q")) {
-		return kill_init(SIGHUP);
+		return kill(1,SIGHUP);
 	}
 #ifndef DEBUG_INIT
 	/* Expect to be invoked as init with PID=1 or be invoked as linuxrc */