linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key

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Date:	Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:42:57 +0800
From:	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key

On 2013/3/8 4:14, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 03/07/13 01:00, zhangwei(Jovi) wrote:
>> 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 it.
>>
>> Thanks the comments from Andrew and Randy.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> for the patch series (1-8):
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
Andrew, Could you pick up the other patches(2,3,4,5,7,8) into your -mm tree?
first patch was already merged by Grey.

Thanks.





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