Re: 2.6.23-rc1: USB hard disk broken

From: Alan Stern
Date: Thu Aug 09 2007 - 16:00:34 EST


On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Dan Zwell wrote:

> Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > Am Sonntag 05 August 2007 schrieb Tino Keitel:
> >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:06:40 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> >>> Am Mittwoch 25 Juli 2007 schrieb Tino Keitel:
> >>>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:24:36 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> >>>>> Am Mittwoch 25 Juli 2007 schrieb Tino Keitel:
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I just tried 2.6.23-rc1 and shortly after the boot my external USB hard
> >>>>>> disk went mad.
> >>>> [...]
> >>>>
> >>>>> Please recompile with CONFIG_USB_DEBUG set.
> >>>>>
> >> I tried again -rc1 without USB_DEBUG, and was able to reproduce the
> >> bug 2 times. At the second time, the kernel log shows this:
> >>
> >> 2007-08-05_10:30:27.75572 kern.err: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: dev 6 ep1in scatterli
> >> st error 0/-121
> >> 2007-08-05_10:30:27.86576 kern.info: usb 1-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
> >> 2007-08-05_10:30:55.95293 kern.info: usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 5
> >> 2007-08-05_10:30:55.95300 kern.err: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: dev 6 ep1in scatterlist error -108/-108
> >
> > David, does this error say anything to you?
> >
> > Regards
> > Oliver
>
> Hi,
>
> I just completed a git bisect, and commit
> 8dfe4b14869fd185ca25ee88b02ada58a3005eaf was the commit that introduced
> this problem. This is "usb-storage: implement autosuspend". I don't
> think there have been many changes in drivers/usb since I last verified
> this problem, so I'm pretty sure this is still happening in the latest
> kernel.
>
> The first thing I am going to do is pull the latest sources, attempt to
> revert this patch, and see whether the kernel compiles and works
> properly with my USB hard drive. Please let me know of anything I can do
> to help.

What makes you think the problem you see is the same as the one
described by Tino? Do you get the "scatterlist error 0/-121" line in
your log?

Please provide a dmesg log showing your problem with CONFIG_USB_DEBUG
enabled.

Alan Stern

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