Re: [bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org: [Bug 204095] New: freeze while write on external usb 3.0 hard disk]

Re: [bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org: [Bug 204095] New: freeze while write on external usb 3.0 hard disk]

[Alan Stern]

On Mon, 15 Jul 2019, John Yost wrote:

> On 7/15/19 11:16 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> > 
> >> This bug was initially (and wrongly) assigned to the ext4 component,
> >> when it's very clearly a regression in the USB mass storage driver in
> >> the 5.2.0 kernel.
> >>
> >> For people who hate bugzilla, you can also see the full thread at:
> >>
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/bug-204095-13602@https.bugzilla.kernel.org%2F/T/#ra57c95759df5bee542d85f2541bda87735c09f16
> > 
> > I'm not so sure it's a regression in the USB mass-storage driver, but
> > in any case, it looks very much like the problem fixed by this patch 
> > (not yet merged):
> > 
> > 	https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156044081619171&w=2
> > 
> > Maybe the original bug reporters can try it out and tell us if it 
> > works.
> > 
> > Alan Stern
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the patch
> It works for me on 5.2.1
> John

Okay, good.

Greg, it looks like we need to expedite getting this patch into the 
mainline.

Alan Stern

Re: [bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org: [Bug 204095] New: freeze while write on external usb 3.0 hard disk]

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 01:47:44PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2019, John Yost wrote:
> 
> > On 7/15/19 11:16 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> > > 
> > >> This bug was initially (and wrongly) assigned to the ext4 component,
> > >> when it's very clearly a regression in the USB mass storage driver in
> > >> the 5.2.0 kernel.
> > >>
> > >> For people who hate bugzilla, you can also see the full thread at:
> > >>
> > >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/bug-204095-13602@https.bugzilla.kernel.org%2F/T/#ra57c95759df5bee542d85f2541bda87735c09f16
> > > 
> > > I'm not so sure it's a regression in the USB mass-storage driver, but
> > > in any case, it looks very much like the problem fixed by this patch 
> > > (not yet merged):
> > > 
> > > 	https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156044081619171&w=2
> > > 
> > > Maybe the original bug reporters can try it out and tell us if it 
> > > works.
> > > 
> > > Alan Stern
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for the patch
> > It works for me on 5.2.1
> > John
> 
> Okay, good.
> 
> Greg, it looks like we need to expedite getting this patch into the 
> mainline.

Am working on it now...

Re: [bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org: [Bug 204095] New: freeze while write on external usb 3.0 hard disk]

[Alan Stern]

On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:

> This bug was initially (and wrongly) assigned to the ext4 component,
> when it's very clearly a regression in the USB mass storage driver in
> the 5.2.0 kernel.
> 
> For people who hate bugzilla, you can also see the full thread at:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/bug-204095-13602@https.bugzilla.kernel.org%2F/T/#ra57c95759df5bee542d85f2541bda87735c09f16

I'm not so sure it's a regression in the USB mass-storage driver, but
in any case, it looks very much like the problem fixed by this patch 
(not yet merged):

	https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156044081619171&w=2

Maybe the original bug reporters can try it out and tell us if it 
works.

Alan Stern