This code is quite dead.  Release_thread is always guaranteed that the mm has
already been released, thus dead_task->mm will always be NULL.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6.13/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.13.orig/arch/i386/kernel/process.c        2005-08-15 
10:46:18.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.13/arch/i386/kernel/process.c     2005-08-15 10:48:51.000000000 
-0700
@@ -421,17 +421,7 @@
 
 void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 {
-       if (dead_task->mm) {
-               // temporary debugging check
-               if (dead_task->mm->context.size) {
-                       printk("WARNING: dead process %8s still has LDT? 
<%p/%d>\n",
-                                       dead_task->comm,
-                                       dead_task->mm->context.ldt,
-                                       dead_task->mm->context.size);
-                       BUG();
-               }
-       }
-
+       BUG_ON(dead_task->mm);
        release_vm86_irqs(dead_task);
 }
 
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