From: Rafael J. Wysocki Kernel threads can become userland processes by calling kernel_execve(). In particular, this may happen right after try_to_freeze_tasks(FREEZER_USER_SPACE) has returned, so try_to_freeze_tasks() needs to take userspace processes into consideration even if it is called with FREEZER_KERNEL_THREADS. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Acked-by: Pavel Machek Cc: Gautham R Shenoy Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/power/process.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/power/process.c~freezer-take-kernel_execve-into-consideration kernel/power/process.c --- a/kernel/power/process.c~freezer-take-kernel_execve-into-consideration +++ a/kernel/power/process.c @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static unsigned int try_to_freeze_tasks( cancel_freezing(p); continue; } - if (is_user_space(p) == !freeze_user_space) + if (freeze_user_space && !is_user_space(p)) continue; freeze_process(p); @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static unsigned int try_to_freeze_tasks( TIMEOUT / HZ, todo); read_lock(&tasklist_lock); do_each_thread(g, p) { - if (is_user_space(p) == !freeze_user_space) + if (freeze_user_space && !is_user_space(p)) continue; task_lock(p); _