Re: Bug 116821 - Regression: System freeze when unplugging unmounted USB flash drive from powered hub

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On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, John wrote:

> jbMacAZ <mailto:jbmacbrodie@xxxxxxxxx> 2016-04-20 22:39:07 UTC
> 
> System hangs requiring hard reboot. System behaves normally with earlier 
> kernels upto 4.6-rc3. Reverting all edits to drivers/USB/ between rc3 
> and rc4 does NOT fix the problem. Problem first appears at 
> 4.6-rc3-next20160412, still present 4.6-rc4-next20160420.
> 
> To reproduce, attach a powered USB hub to USB3 port on an ASUS T100CHI. 
> Attach a USB thumb drive (mine was 32GB Samsung USB3.0) to powered hub. 
> Boot into latest kernel, unmount flash drive. Unplug it and the system 
> freezes. May freeze when plugging in a flash drive, but not as 
> consistent. Simplest workaround is to use older kernel (like -rc3).
> 
> Other details: Ubuntu 16.04 (i686) 2GB Ram, Intel baytrail atom Z3775, 
> generic USB2 4-port hub (BC 1.1 charging) OTG cable micro USB3.0 to USB-A.

Have you tried using git-bisect to find the commit that caused the 
problem?

I recommend not using the -next for tracking down a bug like this.  
That repository is not stable over time.

Alan Stern

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