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diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt index 9e592c718afb..afa2946892da 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 | ||
@@ -160,6 +162,9 @@ 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 | 162 | are unable to kill any other way, especially if it's spawning other |
161 | processes. | 163 | processes. |
162 | 164 | ||
165 | "'J'ust thaw it" is useful if your system becomes unresponsive due to a frozen | ||
166 | (probably root) filesystem via the FIFREEZE ioctl. | ||
167 | |||
163 | * Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? | 168 | * Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? |
164 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 169 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
165 | That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control | 170 | That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control |