The show all regs sysrq uses the nmi function to do it. But this function expects preemption to be off, or funny things happen. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6.21-rt9/drivers/char/sysrq.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rt9.orig/drivers/char/sysrq.c +++ linux-2.6.21-rt9/drivers/char/sysrq.c @@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_showreg static void sysrq_handle_showallregs(int key, struct tty_struct *tty) { + preempt_disable(); nmi_show_all_regs(); + preempt_enable(); } static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_showallregs_op = { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html