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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/power/user.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/power/user.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c index 6b1ab7a88522..e5a21a857302 100644 --- a/kernel/power/user.c +++ b/kernel/power/user.c @@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ static long snapshot_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, swsusp_free(); memset(&data->handle, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle)); data->ready = 0; + /* + * It is necessary to thaw kernel threads here, because + * SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE may be invoked directly after + * SNAPSHOT_FREE. In that case, if kernel threads were not + * thawed, the preallocation of memory carried out by + * hibernation_snapshot() might run into problems (i.e. it + * might fail or even deadlock). + */ + thaw_kernel_threads(); break; case SNAPSHOT_PREF_IMAGE_SIZE: |