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@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.:
'e' - Send a SIGTERM to all processes, except for init.
-'f' - Will call oom_kill to kill a memory hog process.
+'f' - Will call the oom killer to kill a memory hog process, but do not
+ panic if nothing can be killed.
'g' - Used by kgdb (kernel debugger)