[2.6.39-rc2][bisected] Constant DISK_MEDIA_CHANGE_EVENTS fromCDROM drive.

From: Shaun Ruffell
Date: Fri Apr 08 2011 - 16:15:23 EST


Running with 2.6.39-rc2 on a CentOS 5.5 installation with a "IDE interface:
Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)" (8086:248b),
I've noticed constant DISK_MEDIA_CHANGE uevents. In my kernel log:

[ 1107.530699] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): fill_kobj_path: path = '/block/hda'
[ 1109.580559] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): kobject_uevent_env
[ 1109.580594] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): fill_kobj_path: path = '/block/hda'
[ 1111.630560] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): kobject_uevent_env
[ 1111.630595] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): fill_kobj_path: path = '/block/hda'
[ 1113.680560] kobject: 'hda' (f5372610): kobject_uevent_env

And from udevmonitor --env:

UEVENT[1302291995.789487] change@/block/hda
ACTION=change
DEVPATH=/block/hda
SUBSYSTEM=block
DISK_MEDIA_CHANGE=1
MAJOR=3
MINOR=0
DEVNAME=hda
DEVTYPE=disk
SEQNUM=1318

I bisected it down to 929e27252e8ca69363f81f26af5eaba62cb4c572 'ide:
ide_requeue_and_plug() reinstate "always plug" behaviour'

I haven't yet looked into how that change would result in the change in
behavior I'm seeing but I thought I would let you know sooner rather than
leter in case this is something that is already known.
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