Bug 428774

Summary: HAL doesn't notice USB devices going away
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Daniel Berrangé <berrange>
Component: halAssignee: David Zeuthen <davidz>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 8CC: mclasen
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Description Daniel Berrangé 2008-01-15 05:00:30 UTC
Description of problem:
I have 6 USB devices

# find /dev/bus/usb/ -type c | wc -l
6

HAL on the other hand thinks I have 94 usb devices

# lshal | grep /dev/bus/usb | awk '{print $3}' | sort | uniq  | wc -l
94

It has records of devices I've already unplugged

  info.product = 'Plantronics Headset'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/002/003'  (string)
  info.product = 'Nomad MuVo NX'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/002/002'  (string)

And many many many copies of devices built into the laptop

  info.product = 'Fingerprint Reader'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/005/010'  (string)
  info.product = 'Fingerprint Reader'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/005/009'  (string)
  info.product = 'Fingerprint Reader'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/005/008'  (string)

As a potentially relevant side-note, this laptop has been hibernated & suspended
many times without reboot. Perhaps HAL doesn't clear out missing devices
properly when it resuming ?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
hal-0.5.10-1.fc8

How reproducible:
Unsure.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run 'lshal' and look for any USB device paths listed which no longer exist
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Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Daniel Berrangé 2008-01-15 05:00:30 UTC
Created attachment 291678 [details]
lshal output

Comment 2 Daniel Berrangé 2008-01-15 15:13:19 UTC
Created attachment 291717 [details]
lshal output after another hibernate cycle

This is the output after I've done another hibernate cycle - one more cloned
USB device is added to the list

Comment 3 David Zeuthen 2008-01-15 15:56:25 UTC
Does this only happen around suspend/hibernate cycles?

Comment 4 Daniel Berrangé 2008-01-15 16:03:51 UTC
After more testing, I can confirm it happens even on merely plugging &
unplugging a USB device while running. I plugged in a USB  wifi NIC, and it
added 5 devices - 3 USB related devices, and 2 net related devices. When I
unplugged it again, 1 of the USB related devices still remains.


Comment 5 David Zeuthen 2008-01-15 16:13:17 UTC
I'll look into it...

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Comment 7 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 05:47:37 UTC
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