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From: "Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>
To: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Cc: "Stefan Roese" <sr@denx.de>, "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>,
	u-boot@lists.denx.de, "Marek Behún" <marek.behun@nic.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] env: Fix env_get() when returning empty string using env_get_f()
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:51:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211029105127.68603aed@thinkpad> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ0cObzwv_jbxs_hUgxzUwM69SPoYNJ2qVO8cy2Oy+ZpFw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:17:38 -0600
Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:

> Hi Marek,
> 
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 at 21:28, Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Marek Behún <marek.behun@nic.cz>
> >
> > The env_get_f() function returns -1 on failure. Returning 0 means that
> > the variable exists, and is empty string.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@nic.cz>
> > ---
> >  env/common.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> 
> But it isn't normally possible to set an env var to an empty string.
> How does this happen?

Hmm, I don't see code in cmd/nvedit.c's _do_env_set() that would
prohibit empty string as value...

Why isn't it possible?

  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-29  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-28  3:28 [PATCH 0/5] Board specific runtime determined default env Marek Behún
2021-10-28  3:28 ` [PATCH 1/5] env: Don't set ready flag if import failed in env_set_default() Marek Behún
2021-10-29  3:17   ` Simon Glass
2021-10-28  3:28 ` [PATCH 2/5] env: Fix env_get() when returning empty string using env_get_f() Marek Behún
2021-10-29  3:17   ` Simon Glass
2021-10-29  8:51     ` Marek Behún [this message]
2021-10-29  9:03     ` Pali Rohár
2021-10-31 13:07       ` Simon Glass
2021-10-31 15:27         ` Marek Behún
2021-10-28  3:28 ` [PATCH 3/5] env: Simplify env_get_default() Marek Behún
2021-10-29  3:17   ` Simon Glass
2021-10-28  3:28 ` [PATCH 4/5] env: Add support for board specific special default environment Marek Behún
2021-10-29  3:17   ` Simon Glass
2021-10-29  8:57     ` Marek Behún
2021-10-31 13:07       ` Simon Glass
2021-10-28  3:28 ` [PATCH 5/5] arm: mvebu: Espressobin: Use new API for setting default env at runtime Marek Behún
2021-10-29  3:17   ` Simon Glass
2021-10-31 20:15   ` Pali Rohár
2021-11-02 14:57     ` Simon Glass
2021-11-03 10:48       ` Pali Rohár
2021-10-29  3:17 ` [PATCH 0/5] Board specific runtime determined default env Simon Glass

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