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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-09 12:35:53 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-09 12:35:53 -0800
commit263a5c8e16c34199ddf6de3f102e789ffa3ee26e (patch)
tree4f049e339d522b2ab0ba3bed3ec217e4bbc83d35 /kernel/power/process.c
parent54d20f006ceff1f2f1e69d0e54049b6c0765c039 (diff)
parent192cfd58774b4d17b2fe8bdc77d89c2ef4e0591d (diff)
Merge 3.3-rc6 into driver-core-next
This was done to resolve a conflict in the drivers/base/cpu.c file. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/power/process.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/power/process.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index eeca00311f3..7e426459e60 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ int freeze_processes(void)
/**
* freeze_kernel_threads - Make freezable kernel threads go to the refrigerator.
*
- * On success, returns 0. On failure, -errno and system is fully thawed.
+ * On success, returns 0. On failure, -errno and only the kernel threads are
+ * thawed, so as to give a chance to the caller to do additional cleanups
+ * (if any) before thawing the userspace tasks. So, it is the responsibility
+ * of the caller to thaw the userspace tasks, when the time is right.
*/
int freeze_kernel_threads(void)
{
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ int freeze_kernel_threads(void)
BUG_ON(in_atomic());
if (error)
- thaw_processes();
+ thaw_kernel_threads();
return error;
}