Merge remote-tracking branch 'rt-stable/v4.9-rt' into linux-linaro-lsk-v4.9-rtlsk-v4.9-17.11-rt

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
index 5c495ad7958a..d8ac9ba67688 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ echo "ABCD0123" >"$FW"
 
 NAME=$(basename "$FW")
 
-if printf '\000' >"$DIR"/trigger_request; then
+if printf '\000' >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2> /dev/null; then
 	echo "$0: empty filename should not succeed" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if printf '\000' >"$DIR"/trigger_async_request; then
+if printf '\000' >"$DIR"/trigger_async_request 2> /dev/null; then
 	echo "$0: empty filename should not succeed (async)" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 # Request a firmware that doesn't exist, it should fail.
-if echo -n "nope-$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request; then
+if echo -n "nope-$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2> /dev/null; then
 	echo "$0: firmware shouldn't have loaded" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_userhelper.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_userhelper.sh
index b9983f8e09f6..01c626a1f226 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_userhelper.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_userhelper.sh
@@ -64,9 +64,33 @@ trap "test_finish" EXIT
 echo "ABCD0123" >"$FW"
 NAME=$(basename "$FW")
 
+DEVPATH="$DIR"/"nope-$NAME"/loading
+
 # Test failure when doing nothing (timeout works).
-echo 1 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
-echo -n "$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request
+echo -n 2 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+echo -n "nope-$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2>/dev/null &
+
+# Give the kernel some time to load the loading file, must be less
+# than the timeout above.
+sleep 1
+if [ ! -f $DEVPATH ]; then
+	echo "$0: fallback mechanism immediately cancelled"
+	echo ""
+	echo "The file never appeared: $DEVPATH"
+	echo ""
+	echo "This might be a distribution udev rule setup by your distribution"
+	echo "to immediately cancel all fallback requests, this must be"
+	echo "removed before running these tests. To confirm look for"
+	echo "a firmware rule like /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules"
+	echo "and see if you have something like this:"
+	echo ""
+	echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"firmware\", ACTION==\"add\", ATTR{loading}=\"-1\""
+	echo ""
+	echo "If you do remove this file or comment out this line before"
+	echo "proceeding with these tests."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
 	echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
 	exit 1