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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/sysrq.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index d41b9f6f7903..33a9351c896d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ void __handle_sysrq(int key, struct tty_struct *tty, int check_mask)
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&sysrq_key_table_lock, flags);
+ /*
+ * Raise the apparent loglevel to maximum so that the sysrq header
+ * is shown to provide the user with positive feedback. We do not
+ * simply emit this at KERN_EMERG as that would change message
+ * routing in the consumers of /proc/kmsg.
+ */
orig_log_level = console_loglevel;
console_loglevel = 7;
printk(KERN_INFO "SysRq : ");