diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4e20560208e8..4bfda870c3bd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 47c33d9c1984ae4c5bd1f144024eacc14c5bc0c0
+refs/heads/master: fb144adc517d9ebe8fd8d98a5696fb68ec91e1f5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index d41b9f6f7903..33a9351c896d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ void __handle_sysrq(int key, struct tty_struct *tty, int check_mask)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sysrq_key_table_lock, flags);
+	/*
+	 * Raise the apparent loglevel to maximum so that the sysrq header
+	 * is shown to provide the user with positive feedback.  We do not
+	 * simply emit this at KERN_EMERG as that would change message
+	 * routing in the consumers of /proc/kmsg.
+	 */
 	orig_log_level = console_loglevel;
 	console_loglevel = 7;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "SysRq : ");