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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-22 14:20:07 +0000
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-22 14:20:18 +0000
commit2daa79ec2126f8e710391e9d8e8f0d31d7c91d5f (patch)
treeab89c74c09c2986fa01c25ad8e45989a48a18899 /kernel/power/process.c
parent7dae8c5209147ad06d424928a5f1ec45caa87691 (diff)
parent678a0222edc9da43a22145d68647500ee85e6c04 (diff)
Merge branch 'lpc32xx/drivers' into next/drivers
* lpc32xx/drivers: (566 commits) ARM: LPC32xx: ADC support for mach-lpc32xx Includes an update to Linux 3.3-rc4 Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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 eeca00311f39..7e426459e60a 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;
}