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Documentation: sysrq: update description about sysrq crash

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After commit 8341f2f222 ("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.

Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@redhat.com>
Cc: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan.x@bytedance.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210309191550.3955601-1-hsiangkao@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Gao Xiang 2021-03-10 03:15:50 +08:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
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@ -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.