linux/drivers/usb/storage
Alan Stern 546aa0e4ea usb-storage: Add quirk to defeat Kindle's automatic unload
Matthias reports that the Amazon Kindle automatically removes its
emulated media if it doesn't receive another SCSI command within about
one second after a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE.  It does so even when the host
has sent a PREVENT MEDIUM REMOVAL command.  The reason for this
behavior isn't clear, although it's not hard to make some guesses.

At any rate, the results can be unexpected for anyone who tries to
access the Kindle in an unusual fashion, and in theory they can lead
to data loss (for example, if one file is closed and synchronized
while other files are still in the middle of being written).

To avoid such problems, this patch creates a new usb-storage quirks
flag telling the driver always to issue a REQUEST SENSE following a
SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command, and adds an unusual_devs entry for the
Kindle with the flag set.  This is sufficient to prevent the Kindle
from doing its automatic unload, without interfering with proper
operation.

Another possible way to deal with this would be to increase the
frequency of TEST UNIT READY polling that the kernel normally carries
out for removable-media storage devices.  However that would increase
the overall load on the system and it is not as reliable, because the
user can override the polling interval.  Changing the driver's
behavior is safer and has minimal overhead.

CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reported-and-tested-by: Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210317190654.GA497856@rowland.harvard.edu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-17 21:30:15 +01:00
..
alauda.c usb: storage: alauda: Remove set but unchecked variable 2020-07-09 16:46:59 +02:00
cypress_atacb.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
datafab.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
debug.c
debug.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
ene_ub6250.c usb: Fix fall-through warnings for Clang 2020-11-23 17:46:01 +01:00
freecom.c usb: storage: freecom: remove unneeded break 2020-10-28 12:22:50 +01:00
initializers.c
initializers.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
isd200.c USB: storage: isd200: fix spelling mistake "removeable" -> "removable" 2020-08-18 12:12:54 +02:00
jumpshot.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
karma.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
Kconfig USB: storage: replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-07-09 18:06:12 +02:00
Makefile usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
onetouch.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
option_ms.c
option_ms.h
protocol.c
protocol.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
realtek_cr.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
scsiglue.c Revert "usb-storage: fix sdev->host->dma_dev" 2020-12-04 16:01:23 +01:00
scsiglue.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
sddr09.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
sddr55.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
shuttle_usbat.c usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace 2019-09-10 10:30:57 +02:00
sierra_ms.c sierra-ms: do not call scsi_get_host_dev() 2020-05-13 14:20:00 +02:00
sierra_ms.h
transport.c usb-storage: Add quirk to defeat Kindle's automatic unload 2021-03-17 21:30:15 +01:00
transport.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
uas-detect.h USB: storage: fix wording in error message 2020-06-19 08:58:51 +02:00
uas.c USB: UAS: introduce a quirk to set no_write_same 2020-12-09 20:00:26 +01:00
unusual_alauda.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_cypress.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_datafab.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_devs.h usb-storage: Add quirk to defeat Kindle's automatic unload 2021-03-17 21:30:15 +01:00
unusual_ene_ub6250.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_freecom.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_isd200.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_jumpshot.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_karma.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_onetouch.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_realtek.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_sddr09.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_sddr55.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
unusual_uas.h usb: uas: Add PNY USB Portable SSD to unusual_uas 2021-01-05 14:05:10 +01:00
unusual_usbat.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
usb.c USB: UAS: introduce a quirk to set no_write_same 2020-12-09 20:00:26 +01:00
usb.h USB: Storage: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier 2020-04-23 15:28:14 +02:00
usual-tables.c usb-storage: Use const to reduce object data size 2020-02-19 11:08:52 +01:00