Public bug reported: Ubuntu will permit suspend/resume (have not tried hibernate) without attempting to unmount any external USB storage devices, even though processes may still have open files on these devices. After the system is resumed, the USB storage devices may not be present, due to not having been re-enumerated yet. This can and DOES result in data corruption on the filesystem on the external device, as evidenced by errors in dmesg and having to do journal replays. I am not sure that the dmesg here will have the whole story (due to dmesg -c having been run as part of another bug report) but the parts that may not be there basically boil down to reiserfs being very unhappy that the block device was yanked out from under it.
As a policy decision, it is WRONG to allow suspend to take place unless externally-attached USB block devices are still mounted. The system needs to attempt to unmount everything in /media prior to suspending, and needs to FAIL TO SUSPEND (throwing an error) if all devices cannot be unmounted due to some of the mount points being in use. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic 3.0.0-12.20 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: steve 24738 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe220000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984' Components : 'HDA:11d41984,17aa20bb,00100400' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 20 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7KHT24WW-1.08' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7KHT24WW-1.08' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sat Oct 29 23:43:31 2011 GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit. HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=31923f5c-ed0d-4c47-92e3-5ee28dfeafe4 HotplugNewDevices: HotplugNewMounts: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: LENOVO 646067U PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d4fbb1dd-1060-4e10-b8b8-f7d06ae50146 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60 SourcePackage: linux Symptom: storage UdevMonitorLog: monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing UdisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (13 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7LETC9WW (2.29 ) dmi.board.name: 646067U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETC9WW(2.29):bd03/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn646067U:pvrThinkPadT61p:rvnLENOVO:rn646067U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 646067U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61p dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883748 Title: Suspend/resume corrupts external data storage devices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/883748/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs