Bug 736668

Summary: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: bugfinder <blackcode>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Description bugfinder 2011-09-08 11:49:38 UTC 
I bought a new USB hard disk yesterday and I was copying my files from my DVD archive. I copied around 200 GB when suddenly I found out the disk was no longer readable. The disk was also making some beeping sounds.

Sorry, I don't know if this is related to the kernel but there was another bug (#191644) filed few years ago which was filed against the kernel was closed without any solution. I was using 2.6.40.3-0 when this happened.

A dmesg output is attached.

I panicked and shutdown the system immediately. I then turned the system on again a little later and booted into the latest kernel (2.6.40.4-5) and I started using the drive again without any issues.

So, what really happened? Was this a bug with the kernel or some other problem with the OS? If so, has it been fixed already? Or is this a faulty drive (The drive was purchased less than 24 hours ago)
Comment 1 bugfinder 2011-09-08 11:50:46 UTC 
Created attachment 522099 [details]
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Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2011-10-20 15:34:13 UTC 
Are you still having issues with this drive?  I don't see anything that immediately suggests it is a kernel issue.  It seems that the drive was offlined and I/O to it stopped.

If you're still seeing things like this happen, you might try adding usbcore.autosuspend=-1 to your kernel command line and see if that helps.
Comment 3 bugfinder 2011-10-20 16:21:46 UTC 
I saw that error just once. I had that error twice on another drive. Why did the drive get offlined like that? I thought it had something to do with the kernel. I guess I was wrong then.

I'll post again if I ever see that happening again. I'll try usbcore.autosuspend=-1 like you suggested.
Comment 4 Josh Boyer 2011-10-20 17:19:51 UTC 
OK.  For now, we'll close this bug out.  If you see it again, please reopen.