}
 }
 
-static unsigned int try_to_freeze_tasks(int freeze_user_space)
+static int try_to_freeze_tasks(int freeze_user_space)
 {
        struct task_struct *g, *p;
        unsigned long end_time;
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
        }
 
-       return todo;
+       return todo ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
 
 /**
  *     freeze_processes - tell processes to enter the refrigerator
- *
- *     Returns 0 on success, or the number of processes that didn't freeze,
- *     although they were told to.
  */
 int freeze_processes(void)
 {
-       unsigned int nr_unfrozen;
+       int error;
 
        printk("Stopping tasks ... ");
-       nr_unfrozen = try_to_freeze_tasks(FREEZER_USER_SPACE);
-       if (nr_unfrozen)
-               return nr_unfrozen;
+       error = try_to_freeze_tasks(FREEZER_USER_SPACE);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
 
        sys_sync();
-       nr_unfrozen = try_to_freeze_tasks(FREEZER_KERNEL_THREADS);
-       if (nr_unfrozen)
-               return nr_unfrozen;
+       error = try_to_freeze_tasks(FREEZER_KERNEL_THREADS);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
 
        printk("done.\n");
        BUG_ON(in_atomic());