17.17.2.2. SysRq
We cannot test these actual shortcuts on QEMU since the host captures them at a lower level, but from:
./qemu-monitor
we can for example crash the system with:
sendkey alt-sysrq-c
Same but boring because no magic key:
echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Implemented in:
drivers/tty/sysrq.c
On your host, on modern systems that don’t have the SysRq key you can do:
Alt-PrtSc-space
which prints a message to dmesg of type:
sysrq: SysRq : HELP : loglevel(0-9) reboot(b) crash(c) terminate-all-tasks(e) memory-full-oom-kill(f) kill-all-tasks(i) thaw-filesystems(j) sak(k) show-backtrace-all-active-cpus(l) show-memory-usage(m) nice-all-RT-tasks(n) poweroff(o) show-registers(p) show-all-timers(q) unraw(r) sync(s) show-task-states(t) unmount(u) show-blocked-tasks(w) dump-ftrace-buffer(z)
Individual SysRq can be enabled or disabled with the bitmask:
/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
The bitmask is documented at:
less linux/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
Bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key