Re: [PATCH] tty/sysrq: Add alternative SysRq key

From: Andrzej Pietrasiewicz
Date: Fri Jun 26 2020 - 07:51:34 EST


Hi Jiri,

W dniu 22.06.2020 o 08:24, Jiri Slaby pisze:
On 19. 06. 20, 18:28, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote:
There exist machines which don't have SysRq key at all, e.g. chromebooks.

This patch allows configuring an alternative key to act as SysRq. Devices
which declare KEY_SYSRQ in their 'keybit' bitmap continue using KEY_SYSRQ,
but other devices use the alternative SysRq key instead, by default F10.
Which key is actually used can be modified with sysrq's module parameter.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 0dc3878794fd..e1d271c84746 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(handle_sysrq);
#ifdef CONFIG_INPUT
static int sysrq_reset_downtime_ms;
+static unsigned short alternative_sysrq_key = KEY_F10;

I would go for sysrq_alternative_key to preserve the namespace naming.

@@ -825,11 +828,15 @@ static bool sysrq_handle_keypress(struct sysrq_state *sysrq,
* triggering print screen function.
*/
if (sysrq->active)
- clear_bit(KEY_SYSRQ, sysrq->handle.dev->key);
+ clear_bit(sysrq->sysrq_key, sysrq->handle.dev->key);
break;
default:
+ /* handle non-default sysrq key */
+ if (code == sysrq->sysrq_key)
+ goto key_sysrq;
+
if (sysrq->active && value && value != 2) {
sysrq->need_reinject = false;
__handle_sysrq(sysrq_xlate[code], true);
@@ -924,6 +931,14 @@ static int sysrq_connect(struct input_handler *handler,
sysrq->handle.private = sysrq;
timer_setup(&sysrq->keyreset_timer, sysrq_do_reset, 0);
+ if (test_bit(KEY_SYSRQ, dev->keybit)) {
+ sysrq->sysrq_key = KEY_SYSRQ;
+ pr_info("%s: using default sysrq key [%x]\n", dev->name, KEY_SYSRQ);
+ } else {
+ sysrq->sysrq_key = alternative_sysrq_key;
+ pr_info("%s: Using alternative sysrq key: [%x]\n", dev->name, sysrq->sysrq_key);

Capital U, lowercase u above. Do we want to print the info in the
default case, actually?

+ }
+
error = input_register_handle(&sysrq->handle);
if (error) {
pr_err("Failed to register input sysrq handler, error %d\n",
@@ -1032,6 +1047,13 @@ module_param_array_named(reset_seq, sysrq_reset_seq, sysrq_reset_seq,
module_param_named(sysrq_downtime_ms, sysrq_reset_downtime_ms, int, 0644);
+module_param(alternative_sysrq_key, ushort, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(alternative_sysrq_key,
+ "Alternative SysRq key for input devices that don't have SysRq key. F10 by default.\n"

If you line-break here, I suggest adding a \t or two to the beginning of
the following lines:

+ "Example\n"
+ "Using F9 as SysRq:\n"
+ "sysrq.alternative_sysrq_key=0x43\n");

The last \n is superfluous, there would be an empty line.

Looking at emulate_raw in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c, you seem you need
to update that one as well. Otherwise raw keyboard mode won't send sysrq
sequence, when you press it, right?


The way I understand the input subsystem kbd_handler and sysrq_handler are
independent. The purpose of the former is to provide keystrokes to the
(current) terminal, while the purpose of the latter is to execute predefined
actions when specific key combinations are pressed. What is more,
the sysrq_handler is actually a filter and when one of its actions is triggered
then the corresponding keystrokes are filtered-out.

Regards,

Andrzej