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authorMax Krummenacher <max.krummenacher@toradex.com>2018-03-13 11:32:58 +0100
committerMax Krummenacher <max.krummenacher@toradex.com>2018-03-13 11:32:58 +0100
commit6fb9f3c8a4992f67dcb3ce413df2e22e96b2d400 (patch)
tree6e3071b2f179a62b027669ac2a238383293bf941 /drivers/tty/sysrq.c
parenta126a5e5dc2fcc5cb36af14c89b440cc8e3bab30 (diff)
parent8b5ab55d254f36e89b1b53aeac7223d2d102483e (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.4.121' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.8b2.97-20180331
This is the 4.4.121 stable release
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/sysrq.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/sysrq.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index b07f864f68e8..ed27fda13387 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ static void sysrq_handle_crash(int key)
{
char *killer = NULL;
+ /* we need to release the RCU read lock here,
+ * otherwise we get an annoying
+ * 'BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context'
+ * complaint from the kernel before the panic.
+ */
+ rcu_read_unlock();
panic_on_oops = 1; /* force panic */
wmb();
*killer = 1;