From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:13:02 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: ACPICA: AML Debug Object: Don't ignore output of zero-length strings
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ACPICA: AML Debug Object: Don't ignore output of zero-length strings

The implementation previously ignored null strings (""), but
these could be important, especially for debug.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exdebug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exdebug.c
index d931a66a16e3c..f3e024182a562 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exdebug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exdebug.c
@@ -88,14 +88,13 @@ acpi_ex_do_debug_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
 		return_VOID;
 	}
 
-	/* Null string or newline -- don't emit the line header */
+	/* Newline -- don't emit the line header */
 
 	if (source_desc &&
 	    (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(source_desc) == ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) &&
 	    (source_desc->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING)) {
-		if ((source_desc->string.length == 0) ||
-		    ((source_desc->string.length == 1) &&
-		     (*source_desc->string.pointer == '\n'))) {
+		if ((source_desc->string.length == 1) &&
+		    (*source_desc->string.pointer == '\n')) {
 			acpi_os_printf("\n");
 			return_VOID;
 		}