You need to say "yes" to 'Magic SysRq key (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)' when
configuring the kernel. When running a kernel with SysRq compiled in,
/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq controls the functions allowed to be invoked via
-the SysRq key. By default the file contains 1 which means that every
-possible SysRq request is allowed (in older versions SysRq was disabled
-by default, and you were required to specifically enable it at run-time
-but this is not the case any more). Here is the list of possible values
-in /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq:
+the SysRq key. The default value in this file is set by the
+CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE config symbol, which itself defaults
+to 1. Here is the list of possible values in /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq:
0 - disable sysrq completely
1 - enable all functions of sysrq
>1 - bitmask of allowed sysrq functions (see below for detailed function
You can set the value in the file by the following command:
echo "number" >/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
-The number may be written either as decimal or as hexadecimal with the
-0x prefix.
+The number may be written here either as decimal or as hexadecimal
+with the 0x prefix. CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE must always be
+written in hexadecimal.
Note that the value of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq influences only the invocation
via a keyboard. Invocation of any operation via /proc/sysrq-trigger is always
#include <asm/irq_regs.h>
/* Whether we react on sysrq keys or just ignore them */
-static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
+static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
static bool __read_mostly sysrq_always_enabled;
unsigned short platform_sysrq_reset_seq[] __weak = { KEY_RESERVED };
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
-/* Enable/disable SYSRQ support by default (0==no, 1==yes). */
-#define SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE 1
-
/* Possible values of bitmask for enabling sysrq functions */
/* 0x0001 is reserved for enable everything */
#define SYSRQ_ENABLE_LOG 0x0002
#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
/* Note: sysrq code uses it's own private copy */
-static int __sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
+static int __sysrq_enabled = CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
unless you really know what this hack does.
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+ hex "Enable magic SysRq key functions by default"
+ depends on MAGIC_SYSRQ
+ default 0x1
+ help
+ Specifies which SysRq key functions are enabled by default.
+ This may be set to 1 or 0 to enable or disable them all, or
+ to a bitmask as described in Documentation/sysrq.txt.
+
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
help