Re: Identifying what is accessing a USB device.

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On Sat, 2021-03-27 at 09:50 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 27/03/2021 07:20, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > This never happens if I run the script directly from the command
> > line
> > (i.e. the drives power down and stay down).
> > 
> > Clearly the docking unit isn't just doing this flakily on its own.
> > Something is making it happen, and I've no idea how to discover
> > what it
> > is except that it seems to be correlated with systemd in some way.
> 
> Just "thinking out loud" here.
> 
> When you run the script from the command line it is after you've
> determined the unmount
> has happened.  How much time do you think elapsed between the actual
> unmount and
> running of the script?  Do you have a delay between the time
> inotifywait detects unmount
> and powering down the drives?  If so, does it help if you extend the
> delay?

The power-down script loops as long as it detects that the drives are
spun up (using hdparm -C), since they take few seconds to actually spin
down. I can physically see them being spun down, then a couple of
seconds later they spin up again, which can only be because something
is accessing them. If I then invoke the same power-down script
manually, they power down and stay down.

I've now modified the script to run an outer loop three times over the
power-down-and-check sequence, which so far seems to do the trick, but
it's a real kludge.

> I have never used it for this, but wireshark does have the ability to
> monitor USB.  Don't
> know if that will reveal anything or be of any help.

Only as a last resort. I don't fancy having to learn USB command
sequences.

poc
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