Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Cannot abort reading from faulty device

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello,

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> when I read a specific external harddrive with gddrescue, I cannot
> interrupt (Ctrl+C) the reading when the faulty areas are read (or tried to).
> If I disconnect the drive, gddrescue does react and stopp. Even with -v
> -v I get no output what is going on.
> Using "-T 1" to limit timeouts to 1 second I cannot interrupt using Ctrl+C.
>
> Is this a bug or expected behaviour?

It looks like a bug or limitation in the kernel driver (the read call 
blocks forever until you disconnect the drive).


Best regards,
Antonio.