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diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt index 9e592c718afb..cf42b820ff9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt | |||
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.: | |||
81 | 81 | ||
82 | 'i' - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, except for init. | 82 | 'i' - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, except for init. |
83 | 83 | ||
84 | 'j' - Forcibly "Just thaw it" - filesystems frozen by the FIFREEZE ioctl. | ||
85 | |||
84 | 'k' - Secure Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual | 86 | 'k' - Secure Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual |
85 | console. NOTE: See important comments below in SAK section. | 87 | console. NOTE: See important comments below in SAK section. |
86 | 88 | ||
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.: | |||
113 | 115 | ||
114 | 'x' - Used by xmon interface on ppc/powerpc platforms. | 116 | 'x' - Used by xmon interface on ppc/powerpc platforms. |
115 | 117 | ||
118 | 'z' - Dump the ftrace buffer | ||
119 | |||
116 | '0'-'9' - Sets the console log level, controlling which kernel messages | 120 | '0'-'9' - Sets the console log level, controlling which kernel messages |
117 | will be printed to your console. ('0', for example would make | 121 | will be printed to your console. ('0', for example would make |
118 | it so that only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes would | 122 | it so that only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes would |
@@ -160,6 +164,9 @@ t'E'rm and k'I'll are useful if you have some sort of runaway process you | |||
160 | are unable to kill any other way, especially if it's spawning other | 164 | are unable to kill any other way, especially if it's spawning other |
161 | processes. | 165 | processes. |
162 | 166 | ||
167 | "'J'ust thaw it" is useful if your system becomes unresponsive due to a frozen | ||
168 | (probably root) filesystem via the FIFREEZE ioctl. | ||
169 | |||
163 | * Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? | 170 | * Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? |
164 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 171 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
165 | That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control | 172 | That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control |