--- a/mm/page_owner.c~mm-page_owner-use-kstrtobool-to-parse-bool-option +++ a/mm/page_owner.c @@ -42,13 +42,7 @@ static void init_early_allocated_pages(v static int __init early_page_owner_param(char *buf) { - if (!buf) - return -EINVAL; - - if (strcmp(buf, "on") == 0) - page_owner_enabled = true; - - return 0; + return kstrtobool(buf, &page_owner_enabled); } early_param("page_owner", early_page_owner_param);