/* long to avoid size mismatch warnings from gcc */
        long fd;
        struct mconsole_entry *new;
-       struct mc_request req;
+       static struct mc_request req;   /* that's OK */
 
        fd = (long) dev_id;
        while (mconsole_get_request(fd, &req)){
                                mconsole_reply(&req, "Out of memory", 1, 0);
                        else {
                                new->request = req;
+                               new->request.regs = get_irq_regs()->regs;
                                list_add(&new->list, &mc_requests);
                        }
                }
 {
        deactivate_fd(req->originating_fd, MCONSOLE_IRQ);
        os_set_fd_block(req->originating_fd, 1);
-       mconsole_reply(req, "", 0, 0);
-       while(mconsole_get_request(req->originating_fd, req)){
-               if(req->cmd->handler == mconsole_go) break;
+       mconsole_reply(req, "stopped", 0, 0);
+       while (mconsole_get_request(req->originating_fd, req)) {
+               if (req->cmd->handler == mconsole_go)
+                       break;
+               if (req->cmd->handler == mconsole_stop) {
+                       mconsole_reply(req, "Already stopped", 1, 0);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (req->cmd->handler == mconsole_sysrq) {
+                       struct pt_regs *old_regs;
+                       old_regs = set_irq_regs((struct pt_regs *)&req->regs);
+                       mconsole_sysrq(req);
+                       set_irq_regs(old_regs);
+                       continue;
+               }
                (*req->cmd->handler)(req);
        }
        os_set_fd_block(req->originating_fd, 0);
 static void sysrq_proc(void *arg)
 {
        char *op = arg;
-       struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(¤t->thread.regs);
        handle_sysrq(*op, NULL);
-       set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 }
 
 void mconsole_sysrq(struct mc_request *req)