Re: Auto-Remounting of USB3.0 drive with multiple filesystems on it [was "The dmesg files requested"]

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 04:16:59PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> 
> > Sarah and Alan,
> > 
> > When I plug a USB3.0 drive that has multiple filesystems on it into the
> > USB3.0 port (either the one native to the W510 or the Transcend
> > ExpressCard Adapter) the multiple file systems show up as I expect them
> > to show up.
> > 
> > However, when I chose to "safely remove the drive", all three
> > filesystems are unmounted (good), but about five-ten seconds later all
> > three filesystems are mounted again.  Again, this happens both with the
> > native controller and the Transcend.  This does not happen when I mount
> > the same USB3.0 drive under a USB2.0 port.  Under USB2.0, only when I
> > remove the drive and re-insert it do the file systems remount.
> > 
> > I think the USB2.0 behavior is proper, since people would want time
> > (after unmounting the filesystems and making the drive "safe to remove")
> > to be able to physically remove the cable/drive.
> > 
> > This issue also does not appear with a USB 2.0 flash drive in the USB
> > 3.0 slot, nor does it appear with a single-filesystem USB 3.0 drive
> > plugged into a USB 3.0 port.
> 
> Go ahead and collect a usbmon trace showing this behavior.  Start the 
> trace just before you click on "safely remove the drive", and end it 
> when the filesystems reappear.

I'm wondering if the USB 3.0 drive can't handle the suspend.  Can you
please send the dmesg as well for the same sequence?

Sarah Sharp
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