Dear Mathias,
Am 18.12.24 um 10:43 schrieb Mathias Nyman:
On 17.12.2024 23.57, Paul Menzel wrote:
Attaching a 2 TB external disk to the right port of the Dell XPS 13
9360 and running `sudo mkfs.ext4 -L "Verbatim HD" /dev/sda1` the
command does not complete and the system finally locks up and has to
be hard reset:
```
[ 0.000000] Linux version 6.13.0-rc3-00017-gf44d154d6e3d (build@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc (Debian 14.2.0-8) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.43.50.20241210) #42 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Dec 17 11:17:55 CET 2024
[…]
[ 0.000000] DMI: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9360/0596KF, BIOS 2.21.0 06/02/2022
There was a regression in 6.13-rc1 xhci ring expansion.
Yes, I found it this morning and replied to my report.
Fix is now in Greg's usb tree on its way to 6.13.
Patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20241217102122.2316814-3-mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Gregs usb-linus branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git/commit/?h=usb-linus&id=b9252f80b807801056e67e3a672fb1be0ecb81d
Does this patch solve your mkfs case as well?
Yes, after applying both patches from the series, the problem is *not*
reproducible.
Tested-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Kind regards,
Paul
