linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] initrd: Replace simple_strtol with kstrtoint to improve ramdisk_start

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Message-ID: <20250929-rester-warzen-d3264f947cff@brauner>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:04:45 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] initrd: Replace simple_strtol with kstrtoint to improve ramdisk_start_setup

On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:24:47 +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace simple_strtol() with the recommended kstrtoint() for parsing the
> 'ramdisk_start=' boot parameter. Unlike simple_strtol(), which returns a
> a long, kstrtoint() converts the string directly to an integer and
> avoids implicit casting.
> 
> Check the return value of kstrtoint() and reject invalid values. This
> adds error handling while preserving existing behavior for valid values,
> and removes use of the deprecated simple_strtol() helper.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.19.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.19.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.19.misc

[1/1] initrd: Replace simple_strtol with kstrtoint to improve ramdisk_start_setup
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/17230195b76e