[PATCH] PM: hibernate: call preallocate_image after freeze prepare
From: Matthew Leach
Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 04:53:05 EST
Certain drivers release resources (pinned pages, etc.) into system
memory during the prepare freeze PM op, making them swappable.
Currently, hibernate_preallocate_memory is called before prepare freeze,
so those drivers have no opportunity to release resources first. If a
driver is holding a large amount of unswappable system RAM, this can
cause hibernate_preallocate_memory to fail.
Move the call to hibernate_preallocate_memory after prepare freeze.
According to the documentation for the prepare callback, devices should
be left in a usable state, so storage drivers should still be able to
service I/O requests. This allows drivers to release unswappable
resources prior to preallocation, so they can be swapped out through
hibernate_preallocate_memory's reclaim path.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Leach <matthew.leach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/power/hibernate.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
index af8d07bafe02..ff62e220ded1 100644
--- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
+++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
@@ -425,14 +425,9 @@ int hibernation_snapshot(int platform_mode)
if (error)
goto Close;
- /* Preallocate image memory before shutting down devices. */
- error = hibernate_preallocate_memory();
- if (error)
- goto Close;
-
error = freeze_kernel_threads();
if (error)
- goto Cleanup;
+ goto Close;
if (hibernation_test(TEST_FREEZER)) {
@@ -450,6 +445,11 @@ int hibernation_snapshot(int platform_mode)
goto Thaw;
}
+ /* Preallocate image memory before shutting down devices. */
+ error = hibernate_preallocate_memory();
+ if (error)
+ goto Thaw;
+
/*
* Device drivers may move lots of data to shmem in dpm_prepare(). The shmem
* pages will use lots of system memory, causing hibernation image creation
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@ int hibernation_snapshot(int platform_mode)
Thaw:
thaw_kernel_threads();
- Cleanup:
- swsusp_free();
goto Close;
}
---
base-commit: f338e77383789c0cae23ca3d48adcc5e9e137e3c
change-id: 20260321-hibernation-fixes-69bca2ee5b65
Best regards,
--
Matt