1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index cc2e55373b68..5ade1bdcf366 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 /* 
  * Timeout for stopping processes
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool sig_only)
         do_gettimeofday(&start);
 
         end_time = jiffies + TIMEOUT;
-        do {
+        while (true) {
                 todo = 0;
                 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                 do_each_thread(g, p) {
@@ -62,10 +63,15 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool sig_only)
                                 todo++;
                 } while_each_thread(g, p);
                 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-                yield();                        /* Yield is okay here */
-                if (time_after(jiffies, end_time))
+                if (!todo || time_after(jiffies, end_time))
                         break;
-        } while (todo);
+
+                /*
+                 * We need to retry, but first give the freezing tasks some
+                 * time to enter the regrigerator.
+                 */
+                msleep(10);
+        }
 
         do_gettimeofday(&end);
         elapsed_csecs64 = timeval_to_ns(&end) - timeval_to_ns(&start);