From: akpm@osdl.org <akpm@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 22:29:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] Remove bogus BUG() in kernel/exit.c
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[PATCH] Remove bogus BUG() in kernel/exit.c

Remove bogus BUG() in kernel/exit.c

It's old sanity checking that may have been useful for debugging, but
is just bogus these days.

Noticed by Mattia Belletti.
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f40a50f698508..d462a1f7c2f05 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ static inline void choose_new_parent(task_t *p, task_t *reaper, task_t *child_re
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(p == reaper || reaper->exit_state >= EXIT_ZOMBIE);
 	p->real_parent = reaper;
-	if (p->parent == p->real_parent)
-		BUG();
 }
 
 static inline void reparent_thread(task_t *p, task_t *father, int traced)