linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] spare/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key

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Message-Id: <20130307.162724.2043364205781900432.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:27:24 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] spare/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of
 sysrq key

From: "zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:00:32 +0800

> Currently help message of /proc/sysrq-trigger highlight its
> upper-case characters, like below:
> 
>       SysRq : HELP : loglevel(0-9) reBoot Crash terminate-all-tasks(E)
>       memory-full-oom-kill(F) kill-all-tasks(I) ...
> 
> this would confuse user trigger sysrq by upper-case character, which is
> inconsistent with the real lower-case character registed key.
> 
> This inconsistent help message will also lead more confused when
> 26 upper-case letters put into use in future.
> 
> This patch fix spare sysrq key: "global-regs(y)"
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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