Is my USB drive dying?

[poma]

On 30.11.2014 14:10, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Logwatch says:
> 
> --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------
> 
>   WARNING:  Kernel Errors Present
>      EXT4-fs error (device sdc1): e ...:  80 Time(s)
>      sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Recovered Error [current] [descr ...:  14 Time(s)
>   
>   ---------------------- Kernel End -------------------------
> 
> 
> And in /var/log/messages I see:
> 
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Recovered 
> Error [current] [descriptor]
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense 
> descriptors (in hex):
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel:        72 01 04 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 
> 00 00 00 3a a6
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel:        00 32 00 06 40 50
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x1d
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Recovered 
> Error [current] [descriptor]
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense 
> descriptors (in hex):
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel:        72 01 04 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 
> 00 00 00 3a 00
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel:        00 4f 00 c2 00 50
> Nov 30 07:41:11 homebase kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x1d
> 
> This is both my backup drive and where my repos are located.  So given 
> this is the time of the 'big sales' is this drive failing and it is time 
> to buy a replacement?
> 
> 

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c?id=e16da02
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
/* Driver for USB Mass Storage compliant devices
 *
 * Current development and maintenance by:
 *   (c) 1999-2002 Matthew Dharm (mdharm-usb at one-eyed-alien.net)
 *
 * Developed with the assistance of:
 *   (c) 2000 David L. Brown, Jr. (usb-storage at davidb.org)
 *   (c) 2000 Stephen J. Gowdy (SGowdy at lbl.gov)
 *   (c) 2002 Alan Stern <stern at rowland.org>
 *
 * Initial work by:
 *   (c) 1999 Michael Gee (michael at linuxspecific.com)

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