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@@ -829,6 +829,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
 			tracking down these problems.
 
+	debug_pagealloc=
+			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
+			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
+			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
+			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
+			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
+			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
+			on: enable the feature
+
 	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
 
 	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]