[PATCH] mm: debug_page_alloc: fix type mismatch for debug_guardpage_minorder

From: Ye Liu

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 05:33:47 EST


From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

The _debug_guardpage_minorder variable is declared as unsigned int,
but the debug_guardpage_minorder_setup() function uses unsigned long
and kstrtoul() to parse the value.

Use kstrtouint() with unsigned int local variable to match the actual
type of _debug_guardpage_minorder. Also fix the format specifier
from %lu to %u accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/debug_page_alloc.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/debug_page_alloc.c b/mm/debug_page_alloc.c
index 6a26eca546c3..41e3d1f1ad96 100644
--- a/mm/debug_page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/debug_page_alloc.c
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ early_param("debug_pagealloc", early_debug_pagealloc);

static int __init debug_guardpage_minorder_setup(char *buf)
{
- unsigned long res;
+ unsigned int res;

- if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &res) < 0 || res > MAX_PAGE_ORDER / 2) {
+ if (kstrtouint(buf, 10, &res) < 0 || res > MAX_PAGE_ORDER / 2) {
pr_err("Bad debug_guardpage_minorder value: %s\n", buf);
return 0;
}
_debug_guardpage_minorder = res;
- pr_info("Setting debug_guardpage_minorder to %lu\n", res);
+ pr_info("Setting debug_guardpage_minorder to %u\n", res);
return 0;
}
early_param("debug_guardpage_minorder", debug_guardpage_minorder_setup);
--
2.25.1