/**
* 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)
{
BUG_ON(in_atomic());
if (error)
- thaw_processes();
+ thaw_kernel_threads();
return error;
}
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");
+}