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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-11 08:19:09 -0400 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-11 08:19:09 -0400 |
commit | 89034bc2c7b839702c00a704e79d112737f98be0 (patch) | |
tree | e65b1f3d4c751baa840efc81bc4734f089379eb3 /Documentation/sysrq.txt | |
parent | fb82ad719831db58e9baa4c67015aae3fe27e7e3 (diff) | |
parent | 85dfd81dc57e8183a277ddd7a56aa65c96f3f487 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Conflicts:
kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
We use the tracing/core version.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysrq.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysrq.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt index cf42b820ff9d..d56a01775423 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt | |||
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.: | |||
66 | 'b' - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting | 66 | 'b' - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting |
67 | your disks. | 67 | your disks. |
68 | 68 | ||
69 | 'c' - Will perform a kexec reboot in order to take a crashdump. | 69 | 'c' - Will perform a system crash by a NULL pointer dereference. |
70 | A crashdump will be taken if configured. | ||
70 | 71 | ||
71 | 'd' - Shows all locks that are held. | 72 | 'd' - Shows all locks that are held. |
72 | 73 | ||
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ useful when you want to exit a program that will not let you switch consoles. | |||
141 | re'B'oot is good when you're unable to shut down. But you should also 'S'ync | 142 | re'B'oot is good when you're unable to shut down. But you should also 'S'ync |
142 | and 'U'mount first. | 143 | and 'U'mount first. |
143 | 144 | ||
144 | 'C'rashdump can be used to manually trigger a crashdump when the system is hung. | 145 | 'C'rash can be used to manually trigger a crashdump when the system is hung. |
145 | The kernel needs to have been built with CONFIG_KEXEC enabled. | 146 | Note that this just triggers a crash if there is no dump mechanism available. |
146 | 147 | ||
147 | 'S'ync is great when your system is locked up, it allows you to sync your | 148 | 'S'ync is great when your system is locked up, it allows you to sync your |
148 | disks and will certainly lessen the chance of data loss and fscking. Note | 149 | disks and will certainly lessen the chance of data loss and fscking. Note |