Re: [PATCH] tty: only print sysrq help for handlers that are enabled

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:55:25AM -0800, Shawn Landden wrote:
> Also print out a notice when sysrq is in selective mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Landden <shawn@churchofgit.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> index ce396ec..4eee0e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> @@ -548,9 +548,14 @@ void __handle_sysrq(int key, bool check_mask)
>  					;
>  				if (j != i)
>  					continue;
> -				printk("%s ", sysrq_key_table[i]->help_msg);
> +				/* only print if handler is enabled */
> +				if (sysrq_enabled & 1 ||
> +				    sysrq_enabled & sysrq_key_table[i]->enable_mask)
> +					printk("%s ", sysrq_key_table[i]->help_msg);
>  			}
>  		}
> +		if (!(sysrq_enabled & 1))
> +			printk("(some options are disabled)");
>  		printk("\n");
>  		console_loglevel = orig_log_level;
>  	}

What exactly is this fixing?  What is broken here that this change
resolves?  Where is it applicable?  I need a lot more context here
please.

thanks,

greg k-h