[PATCH] board: toradex: Quote variables in `test` cmd expression
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Fri Apr 3 01:30:29 CEST 2026
On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 07:10:27AM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 10:10:10AM +0200, Franz Schnyder wrote:
> > From: Franz Schnyder <franz.schnyder at toradex.com>
> >
> > With correct POSIX handling, unquoted empty variables can turn the
> > expression like
> > test -n ${fdtfile}
> > into
> > test -n
> >
> > The POSIX handling for single argument `test` evaluates it as true,
> > so the fallback initialization will be skipped unexpectedly.
> > Quoting variable expansions in `test` expressions will always result in
> > correct behavior for empty and non-empty values.
> > This change was triggered by
> > commit 8b0619579b22 ("cmd: test: fix handling of single-argument form of test")
> > The aim is to have a less fragile codebase that is not dependent on a
> > quirk of the shell implementation.
> >
> > Use quoted variable expansions in `test` expressions throughout.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Franz Schnyder <franz.schnyder at toradex.com>
>
> Acked-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini at toradex.com>
I've decided to go with:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20260330140106.401876-1-ravi@prevas.dk/
to make sure that everyone that might hit this problem doesn't end up
broken, thanks.
--
Tom
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