/proc/sysrq-trigger: accept multiple keys at once
authorTomas Mudrunka <tomas.mudrunka@gmail.com>
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:14:51 +0000 (12:14 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:23:16 +0000 (07:23 +0000)
commit39ff20f5fd4481c9acf3b75c7b705b1ec6604588
tree8fcc7cd52cf910207c6544da66cc7a66803da8a4
parent01c33b813864ca15a9dec22045ce1a5bb09d5e74
/proc/sysrq-trigger: accept multiple keys at once

This way we can do:
`echo _reisub > /proc/sysrq-trigger`
Instead of:
`for i in r e i s u b; do echo "$i" > /proc/sysrq-trigger; done;`

This can be very useful when trying to execute sysrq combo remotely
or from userspace. When sending keys in multiple separate writes,
userspace (eg. bash or ssh) can be killed before whole combo is completed.
Therefore putting all keys in single write is more robust approach.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Mudrunka <tomas.mudrunka@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120111451.527952-1-tomas.mudrunka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
drivers/tty/sysrq.c