> When using the magic sysrq key, if you release Alt before you release SysRq
> the Alt key gets stuck down. The root cause is that the up/down state of
> Alt is updated correctly in key_down but NOT in k_down. This persists until
> compute_shiftstate gets called (when you switch virtual consoles or press
> Ctrl-Alt-Shift together or ... probably other scenarios).
>
> The "mini" patch included at the bottom of this message fixes the problem.
> The patch is against 2.2.7.
>
> I would appreciate feedback from anyone that has experienced this glitch
> (and/or also from the maintainer of drivers/char/keyboard.c).
>
> This is my very first patch. Be kind. :-)
Looks good. I forwarded it to mj (author of code behind magic sysrq).
Pavel
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