When string doesn't have an integer and starts from hyphen get_option() may return interesting results. Fix it to return 0. The simple_strtoull() is used due to absence of simple_strtoul() in a boot code on some architectures. Note, the Fixes tag below is rather for anthropological curiosity. Fixes: f68565831e72 ("Import 2.4.0-test2pre3") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v4: new patch lib/cmdline.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c index fbb9981a04a4..ca89846ee0bb 100644 --- a/lib/cmdline.c +++ b/lib/cmdline.c @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static int get_range(char **str, int *pint, int n) * 1 - int found, no subsequent comma * 2 - int found including a subsequent comma * 3 - hyphen found to denote a range + * + * Leading hyphen without integer is no integer case, but we consume it + * for the sake of simplification. */ int get_option(char **str, int *pint) @@ -53,7 +56,10 @@ int get_option(char **str, int *pint) if (!cur || !(*cur)) return 0; - *pint = simple_strtol(cur, str, 0); + if (*cur == '-') + *pint = -simple_strtoull(++cur, str, 0); + else + *pint = simple_strtoull(cur, str, 0); if (cur == *str) return 0; if (**str == ',') { -- 2.28.0