[REGRESSION] disabling and re-enabling magic sysrq fails after kernel 6.11

From: Ned T. Crigler
Date: Sat Oct 26 2024 - 22:15:46 EST


Hi,

It looks like starting with kernel 6.11, disabling and re-enabling magic
sysrq fails with these errors in dmesg:

kernel: input: input_handler_check_methods: only one event processing method can be defined (sysrq)
kernel: sysrq: Failed to register input handler, error -22

after doing:

# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo 438 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo 438 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo 438 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq

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Ned T. Crigler