Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core

Merge reason: we'll queue up dependent patches.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index 77274c9ba2f..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;
 }
 
@@ -188,3 +191,22 @@ void thaw_processes(void)
 	printk("done.\n");
 }
 
+void thaw_kernel_threads(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *g, *p;
+
+	pm_nosig_freezing = false;
+	printk("Restarting kernel threads ... ");
+
+	thaw_workqueues();
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	do_each_thread(g, p) {
+		if (p->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_WQ_WORKER))
+			__thaw_task(p);
+	} while_each_thread(g, p);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	schedule();
+	printk("done.\n");
+}