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-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 5381a728d23e..e5139402e7f8 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;