h will no longer be blocked. One problem with this approach is that usb-stor-scan has a delay to wait for devices to settle (which is currently the only point where it can freeze). To work around this we can request that the freezer send a fake signal when freezing, then use interruptible sleep to wake the thread early when freezing happens. To make this happen, the following changes are made to usb-stor-scan: * Use set_freezable_with_signal() instead of set_freezable() to request a fake signal when freezing * Use wait_event_interruptible_timeout() instead of wait_event_freezable_timeout() to avoid freezing Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee Acked-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman