FAILED: patch "[PATCH] test_firmware: fix setting old custom fw path back on exit," failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 22:38:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test_firmware: fix setting old custom fw path back on exit,
second try

Commit 65c79230576 tried to clear the custom firmware path on exit by writing a single space to the firmware_class.path parameter. This doesn't work because nothing strips this space from the value stored and fw_get_filesystem_firmware() only ignores zero-length paths.

Instead, write a null byte.

index 9ea31b57d71a..962d7f4ac627 100755
@@ -154,11 +154,13 @@ test_finish()
 	if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
 		echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
 	fi
-	if [ "$OLD_FWPATH" = "" ]; then
-		OLD_FWPATH=" "
-	fi
 	if [ "$TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH" = "yes" ]; then
-		echo -n "$OLD_FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+		if [ "$OLD_FWPATH" = "" ]; then
+			# A zero-length write won't work; write a null byte
+			printf '\000' >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+		else
+			echo -n "$OLD_FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+		fi
 	fi
 	if [ -f $FW ]; then
 		rm -f "$FW"