linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] /proc/sysrq-trigger: accept multiple keys at once

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Message-ID: <20231114094903.73789-1-tomas.mudrunka@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:49:03 +0100
From:   Tomas Mudrunka <tomas.mudrunka@...il.com>
To:     jirislaby@...nel.org
Cc:     corbet@....net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, tomas.mudrunka@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v3] /proc/sysrq-trigger: accept multiple keys at once

Just for convenience.
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 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@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst |  4 ++++
 drivers/tty/sysrq.c                 | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
index 51906e473..9d46a33e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ On all
 
 		echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger
 
+	Alternatively write key combo prepended by underscore. e.g.::
+
+		echo _reisub > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+
 The :kbd:`<command key>` is case sensitive.
 
 What are the 'command' keys?
diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 6b4a28bcf..367028b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -1150,16 +1150,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_sysrq_key);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /*
  * writing 'C' to /proc/sysrq-trigger is like sysrq-C
+ * If first character in write is underscore, all characters are interpreted.
  */
 static ssize_t write_sysrq_trigger(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	if (count) {
-		char c;
+	char bulk = false;
+	size_t i;
 
-		if (get_user(c, buf))
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		bool c;
+
+		if (get_user(c, buf + i))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		__handle_sysrq(c, false);
+
+		if (c == '_')
+			bulk = true;
+		else
+			__handle_sysrq(c, false);
+
+		if (!bulk)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return count;
-- 
2.42.1