Merge branch 'x86/core' into cpus4096

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 59214dba206..3df694e5454 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 : ");