Re: [PATCH] Documentation: sysrq: update description about sysrq crash
Gao Xiang writes: > After commit 8341f2f222d7 ("sysrq: Use panic() to force a crash"), > a crash was not generated by dereferencing a NULL pointer anymore. > > Let's update documentation as well to make it less misleading. > > Cc: Matthias Kaehlcke > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Zefan Li > Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst > b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst > index 67dfa4c29093..60ce5f5ebab6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst > @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Command Function > ``b``Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or > unmounting > your disks. > > -``c``Will perform a system crash by a NULL pointer dereference. > -A crashdump will be taken if configured. > +``c``Will perform a system crash and a crashdump will be taken > +if configured. Makes sense. Applied, thanks. jon
[PATCH] Documentation: sysrq: update description about sysrq crash
After commit 8341f2f222d7 ("sysrq: Use panic() to force a crash"), a crash was not generated by dereferencing a NULL pointer anymore. Let's update documentation as well to make it less misleading. Cc: Matthias Kaehlcke Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Zefan Li Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst index 67dfa4c29093..60ce5f5ebab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Command Function ``b`` Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting your disks. -``c`` Will perform a system crash by a NULL pointer dereference. -A crashdump will be taken if configured. +``c`` Will perform a system crash and a crashdump will be taken +if configured. ``d`` Shows all locks that are held. -- 2.27.0