Re: loop-AES: timer softirq blocked after USB disconnect?

[replying to my own mail as i didn't received your response (i'm not 
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markus reichelt wrote:

 > * Matthias Kaehlcke <mkaehlcke@xxxxxxx> wrote:
 >
 > > i use loop-AES on a USB flash device. when unplugging the device
 > > while reading from it,
 >
 > Why would you do that?

though i don't like it, it is a possible use case that a user unplugs 
the USB device :(

the problem with the timers not being launched is that a hardware 
watchdog times out an resets the device ...

 > any idea what could be the problem?
 >
 > ^^ obvious.

i totally agree that unplugging the device without unmounting it 
previously isn't how things should be done and can have side effects. 
but is it really obvious that the timer softirq isn't executed during 
~250ms because an USB device is uncleanly unplugged?

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