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[Bug 1415859] Re: Immediate I/O errors when dd-ing data to an external USB3 disk

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From: Lenz Grimmer <lenz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:57:17 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1415859 <1415859@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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As I wrote in the initial report: "This seems to be a regression in the
mainline Kernel, as the default kernel (3.13.0-44-generic) performed
this dd operation without issues - but it seems to be using a different
USB driver for the disk"

I also included the relevant kernel output.

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Title:
  Immediate I/O errors when dd-ing data to an external USB3 disk

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I discovered this bug while trying to dd a potentially corrupt Btrfs
  file system to an external hard disk (see #1415510 for details).
  Unfortunately "ubuntu-bug" refused to file this report, as I'm running
  the mainline kernel (as requested in the other bug report).

  I'm running Linux 3.19.0-031900rc6-generic (x86_64) in Ubuntu Trusty
  on an IBM Thinkpad T440. I am using an external 4TB Samsung USB3 hard
  disk drive for backup purposes.

  % cat /proc/version                     
  Linux version 3.19.0-031900rc6-generic (kernel@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201501261152 SMP Mon Jan 26 16:53:27 UTC 2015

  When trying to dd the content of a logical volume into an image file
  on the external disk drive (/dev/sdc1, formatted using ext4), the
  kernel immediately begins to throw I/O Errors:

  % sudo dd bs=8k if=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-container
  of=/media/lenz/e2a4dc71-4c96-4dab-982c-29918e556afd/vg-container.img

  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.321122] usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.337777] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6125
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.337781] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.337783] usb 2-1: Product: D3 Station
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.337785] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Samsung 
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.337786] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 00000000011E0A49
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.352472] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.352561] scsi host3: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.352644] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
  Jan 29 12:18:10 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  520.354202] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
  Jan 29 12:18:11 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  521.349445] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Samsung  D3 Station       0202 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
  Jan 29 12:18:11 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  521.349740] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
  Jan 29 12:18:11 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  521.351547] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Spinning up disk...
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  526.766731] .......ready
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.788913] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.789457] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.789459] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 2b 00 10 08
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.789992] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.790315] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.813839]  sdc: sdc1
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.814333] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 12:18:22 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  532.843305] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
  Jan 29 12:18:23 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  533.145443] EXT4-fs (sdc1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192217] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192222] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192223] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a7 a4 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192230] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222109696
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192236] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 33554432 size 8388608 starting block 27763968)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192239] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763456
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192242] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763457
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192244] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763458
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192245] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763459
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192247] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763460
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192248] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763461
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192249] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763462
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192251] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763463
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192252] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763464
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192254] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27763465
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192336] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 33554432 size 8388608 starting block 27764224)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192412] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 33554432 size 8388608 starting block 27764480)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192486] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 33554432 size 8388608 starting block 27764736)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192561] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 33554432 size 8388608 starting block 27764992)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192637] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 41943040 size 8388608 starting block 27765248)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192717] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 41943040 size 8388608 starting block 27765504)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192787] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 41943040 size 8388608 starting block 27765760)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192856] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 41943040 size 8388608 starting block 27766016)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.192928] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 41943040 size 8388608 starting block 27766272)
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.236033] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.236038] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.236039] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a7 e0 00 00 21 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.236047] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222232576
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.759490] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.759522] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.759527] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a8 9d 00 00 34 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.759538] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222619648
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.792110] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.792114] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.792116] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a8 d1 00 00 34 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.792123] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222726144
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.827998] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.828003] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.828004] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a9 05 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.828011] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222832640
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.868047] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.868052] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.868053] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a9 41 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.868060] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 222955520
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.904054] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.904058] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.904059] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a9 7d 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:58 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.904066] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223078400
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.948161] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.948165] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.948167] Write(10): 2a 00 01 a9 b9 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  568.948174] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223201280
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.119910] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.119916] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.119919] Write(10): 2a 00 01 aa 09 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.119928] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223365120
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.163964] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.163970] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.163973] Write(10): 2a 00 01 aa 45 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:18:59 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  569.163983] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223488000
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053115] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053121] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053123] Write(10): 2a 00 01 aa a0 5c 00 34 00 00
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053132] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223675104
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053137] EXT4-fs warning: 547 callbacks suppressed
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053140] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 703971328 size 671744 starting block 27959552)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053144] buffer_io_error: 142582 callbacks suppressed
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053146] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959132
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053150] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959133
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053152] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959134
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053154] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959135
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053157] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959136
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053159] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959137
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053162] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959138
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053164] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959139
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053167] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959140
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053169] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 27959141
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053250] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27959808)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053364] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27960064)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053477] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27960320)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053586] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27960576)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053696] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27960832)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053805] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27961088)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.053915] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27961344)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.054019] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 704643072 size 8388608 starting block 27961600)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.054210] EXT4-fs warning (device sdc1): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 13 (offset 713031680 size 8388608 starting block 27961856)
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.097102] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.097106] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.097108] Write(10): 2a 00 01 aa d4 5c 00 34 00 00
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.097115] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223781600
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.137353] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.137357] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.137359] Write(10): 2a 00 01 ab 08 5c 00 3b a4 00
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.137366] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 223888096
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.176987] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.176991] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.176993] Write(10): 2a 00 01 ab 44 00 00 3c 00 00
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.177000] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 224010240
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.216930] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.216935] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: 
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.216937] Write(10): 2a 00 01 ab 80 00 00 23 1c 00
  Jan 29 12:19:29 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  599.216943] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 224133120

  This seems to be a regression in the mainline Kernel, as the default
  kernel (3.13.0-44-generic) performed this dd operation without issues
  - but it seems to be using a different USB driver for the disk:

  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.440600] usb 3-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.457727] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6125
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.457737] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.457741] usb 3-1: Product: D3 Station
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.457745] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Samsung 
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.457749] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 00000000011E0A49
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.476665] usb-storage 3-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.476777] scsi3 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0
  Jan 29 11:38:13 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  145.477201] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
  Jan 29 11:38:14 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  146.477555] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Samsung  D3 Station       0202 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
  Jan 29 11:38:14 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  146.478329] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
  Jan 29 11:38:14 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  146.479586] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Spinning up disk...
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  151.993125] ......ready
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.014200] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.014797] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.014807] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 2b 00 10 08
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.015382] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.015967] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.041599]  sdc: sdc1
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.042036] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 976754645 4096-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.043099] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
  Jan 29 11:38:25 lenz-ThinkPad-T440 kernel: [  157.375933] EXT4-fs (sdc1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

  Another (probably unrelated) observation: even if the file system is
  just mounted and idle (no processes accessing it), the disk drive LED
  shows activity. "iostat 3 /dev/sdc"  reveals that something seems to
  be writing to the disk continuously:

  
  avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
             2,85    0,00    0,67    1,43    0,00   95,05

  Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
  sdc               5,33         0,00      4782,67          0      14348

  avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
             2,35    0,00    0,84    1,34    0,00   95,47

  Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
  sdc               5,00         0,00      4781,33          0      14344

  avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
             4,85    0,00    0,75    1,34    0,00   93,05

  Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
  sdc               4,33         0,00      4097,33          0      12292
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-15 (136 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  Package: linux (not installed)
  Tags:  trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-031900rc6-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip disk docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True

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References

[Bug 1415859] [NEW] Immediate I/O errors when dd-ing data to an external USB3 disk
From: Lenz Grimmer, 2015-01-29