[Bug 12120] New: [Block layer or SCSI] requests aborted too early during check_partition()

bugme-daemon
2008-11-29T13:20:27Z

Summary: [Block layer or SCSI] requests aborted too early during
check_partition()
Product: IO/Storage
Version: 2.5
KernelVersion: 2.6.28-rc
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: SCSI
AssignedTo: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
ReportedBy: stefan-r-bz@s5r6.in-berlin.de
OtherBugsDependingO 11808
nThis:
Regression: 1

Latest working kernel version: 2.6.27.4
Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.28-rc6 (I didn't test earlier -rcs yet)

Hardware Environment: OxSemi 912 and 92x based FireWire harddisks

See http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122774022130397 --
Disks may still spin their motor up when the kernel attempts to read
partitions. In kernel 2.6.27, this was handled transparently. But since
2.6.28-rc?, the kernel immediately aborts the associated requests and sets the
new scsi_device offline.