Forcing a Kernel Panic in CentOS or RHEL

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Very handy way to force a Kernel Panic if you need to test the resilience of your Software/Systems.

# echo “1” > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo “c” > /proc/sysrq-trigger

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