Patch "usb-storage: unusual_devs entry to fix write-access regression for Seagate external drives" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
usb-storage: unusual_devs entry to fix write-access regression for Seagate external drives
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
usb-storage-unusual_devs-entry-to-fix-write-access-regression-for-seagate-external-drives.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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113f6eb6d50cfa5e2a1cdcf1678b12661fa272abMon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:59:30 -0400
Subject: usb-storage: unusual_devs entry to fix write-access regression for Seagate external drives
From: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
commit 113f6eb6d50cfa5e2a1cdcf1678b12661fa272ab upstream.
Kris Lindgren reports that without the NO_WP_DETECT flag, his Seagate external disk drive fails all write accesses. This regresssion dates back approximately to the start of the 4.x kernel releases.
--- drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h +7 -0
@@ -1379,6 +1379,13 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x0bc2, 0x3010, 0x0000, 0x0 USB_SC_DEVICE, USB_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_SANE_SENSE ), +/* Reported by Kris Lindgren <[email protected]> */ +UNUSUAL_DEV (0x0bc2 ,0x3332 ,0x0000 ,0x9999 , +"Seagate" , +"External" , +USB_SC_DEVICE ,USB_PR_DEVICE ,NULL , +US_FL_NO_WP_DETECT ), + UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x0d49, 0x7310, 0x0000, 0x9999, "Maxtor", "USB to SATA",
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.4/usb-dummy-hcd-fix-infinite-loop-resubmission-bug.patch queue-4.4/usb-storage-unusual_devs-entry-to-fix-write-access-regression-for-seagate-external-drives.patch queue-4.4/usb-gadgetfs-fix-copy_to_user-while-holding-spinlock.patch queue-4.4/usb-devio-don-t-corrupt-user-memory.patch queue-4.4/usb-gadgetfs-fix-crash-caused-by-inadequate-synchronization.patch queue-4.4/usb-dummy-hcd-fix-connection-failures-wrong-speed.patch queue-4.4/usb-dummy-hcd-fix-erroneous-synchronization-change.patch