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sysrq: add commentary on why we use the console loglevel over using KERN_EMERG
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:50:52 +0000 (13:50 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:39:36 +0000 (16:39 -0800)
commitfb144adc517d9ebe8fd8d98a5696fb68ec91e1f5
tree1e7adf4da0fdaef9ffaeff07cc7727b9561261e4tree | snapshot
parent47c33d9c1984ae4c5bd1f144024eacc14c5bc0c0commit | diff
sysrq: add commentary on why we use the console loglevel over using KERN_EMERG

Add an explanitory comment as to why we modify the kernel console loglevel
rather than simply moving sysrq messages to KERN_EMERG level.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/sysrq.c diff | blob | history
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