linux-kernel - [regression] CD-ROM polling blocks suspend on some machines (Re: [PATCH 1/2] cdrom: always check_disk

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Date:	Sat, 3 Sep 2011 17:14:56 -0500
From:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	David Zeuthen <zeuthen@...il.com>,
	Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@...ntu.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jean Schurger <jean@...urger.org>,
	Jan Lübbe <jluebbe@...ian.org>,
	Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@...in.nl>,
	Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@...estructure.net>,
	Nacho Barrientos Arias <nacho@...ian.org>
Subject: [regression] CD-ROM polling blocks suspend on some machines (Re:
 [PATCH 1/2] cdrom: always check_disk_change() on open)

Hi,

Various people[1] have been noticing a race (or races?) in which the
cdrom_id and scsi_id programs from udev can get stuck in the D state
if udev doesn't sleep a little while before running them.  This
prevents the machine from suspending.  The problem was discovered with
Debian kernels

  2.6.39-1
  2.6.39-2
  3.0.0-1

and was not experienced with kernel

  2.6.38-5

(These kernels are closely based on v2.6.39, v2.6.39.1, v3.0, and
v2.6.38.5, respectively.)  Reverting commit bf2253a6f00e (cdrom:
always check_disk_change() on open, 2011-04-29) seems to avoid
trouble.

One common theme seems to be DVD drives.  Details at [1].

Known problem?  Any ideas for tracking it down?

Looking forward to your thoughts,
Jonathan

[1] <http://bugs.debian.org/628600>.  Submitters cc-ed.
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