Recently it was reported that the following USB storage devices are unusable
with Linux kernel 6.9:
* Kingston DataTraveler G2
* Garmin FR35
This is because attempting to read the IO hint VPD page causes these devices
to reset. Hence do not read the IO hint VPD page from USB storage devices.
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Joao Machado <jocrismachado@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Heusel <christian@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 4f53138fffc2 ("scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information")
Reported-by: Joao Machado <jocrismachado@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/20240130214911.1863909-1-bvanassche@xxxxxxx/T/#mf4e3410d8f210454d7e4c3d1fb5c0f41e651b85f
Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Bisected-by: Christian Heusel <christian@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/CACLx9VdpUanftfPo2jVAqXdcWe8Y43MsDeZmMPooTzVaVJAh2w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
index b31464740f6c..9a7185c68872 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static int slave_alloc (struct scsi_device *sdev)
if (us->protocol == USB_PR_BULK && us->max_lun > 0)
sdev->sdev_bflags |= BLIST_FORCELUN;
+ sdev->sdev_bflags |= BLIST_SKIP_IO_HINTS;
+
return 0;
}
