Merge commit 'pm-fixes-for-3.3-rc3' into pm-sleep

New material in the pm-sleep branch depends on recent
power management fixes.

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;
 }