[Bug 1781769] [NEW] hdparm on USB drive , SG_IO error after update 17.10 to 18.04

[Nigel Rowe]

Public bug reported:

After updating from lubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 the command

sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdd

which used to used to work on my external USB HDD to put it into
standby, now reports

sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdd

/dev/sdd:
 issuing standby command
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

and the drive does not go into standby.


ENVIRONMENT

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release:	18.04

$ apt-cache policy hdparm
hdparm:
  Installed: 9.54+ds-1
  Candidate: 9.54+ds-1
  Version table:
 *** 9.54+ds-1 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ grep sdd /var/log/syslog
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215443] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 5860533167 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.73 TiB)
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215445] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 4096-byte physical blocks
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215606] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215608] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215918] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    9.406645]  sdd: sdd1
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    9.408080] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [   44.123041] EXT4-fs (sdd1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

and a great many 
Jul 15 11:12:47 nkr ureadahead[302]: ureadahead:sdd: Ignored relative path
Jul 15 11:12:47 nkr ureadahead[302]: ureadahead:sdd1: Ignored relative path

** Affects: hdparm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  hdparm on USB drive , SG_IO error after update 17.10 to 18.04

Status in hdparm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After updating from lubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 the command

  sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdd

  which used to used to work on my external USB HDD to put it into
  standby, now reports

  sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdd

  /dev/sdd:
   issuing standby command
  SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

  and the drive does not go into standby.

  
  ENVIRONMENT

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  Release:	18.04

  $ apt-cache policy hdparm
  hdparm:
    Installed: 9.54+ds-1
    Candidate: 9.54+ds-1
    Version table:
   *** 9.54+ds-1 500
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  $ grep sdd /var/log/syslog
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215443] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 5860533167 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.73 TiB)
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215445] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 4096-byte physical blocks
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215606] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215608] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    3.215918] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    9.406645]  sdd: sdd1
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [    9.408080] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
  Jul 15 16:25:13 nkr kernel: [   44.123041] EXT4-fs (sdd1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

  and a great many 
  Jul 15 11:12:47 nkr ureadahead[302]: ureadahead:sdd: Ignored relative path
  Jul 15 11:12:47 nkr ureadahead[302]: ureadahead:sdd1: Ignored relative path

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