Re: usb hdd problems with 2.6.27.2

[Luciano Rocha <luciano@eurotux.com>]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:38:13AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Luciano Rocha wrote:
> 
> > Hm, where in the code can I change it to return less that what it thinks
> > is the last sector?
> 
> I can write a patch to do that for you.  However I'm more interested in 
> solving the "infinite-retry" problem first.
> 
> I did write some patches which might help.  They weren't meant as bug 
> fixes exactly, more as infrastructure cleanup.  But you ought to try 
> them out, because they do affect the logic in this area.
> 
> The patches are here:
> 
> 	http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122443015406309&w=2
> 
> They are based on 2.6.27, not 2.6.28-rc.

I've tested them (on 2.6.27.4), but I still get the bug. That email mentions:
"Neither patch addresses the infinite-retry problem; I wanted
to keep the issues separate."

So am I missing some other patch?

2.6.28-rc2 is also buggy.

Thanks,
Luciano Rocha

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