We got another report about a device where ata smart probing causes USB resets:

$ sudo skdump /dev/sdc
Device: sat12:/dev/sdc
Type: 12 Byte SCSI ATA SAT Passthru
Size: 1907348 MiB
Awake: Operation not supported
ATA SMART not supported.

Shortly after getting the skdump, the device was offlined:
Nov 4 20:00:02 bauer kernel: [ 4981.580059] usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Nov 4 20:00:33 bauer kernel: [ 5012.124040] usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Nov 4 20:01:04 bauer kernel: [ 5042.668039] usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Nov 4 20:01:14 bauer kernel: [ 5053.024045] usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Nov 4 20:01:24 bauer kernel: [ 5063.268100] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 3
Nov 4 20:01:24 bauer kernel: [ 5063.268779] scsi 6:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery

(This is with disabling the udev rule for dk-d ata smart probe; with it, the device doesn't appear at all).

(libatasmart 016)

Should I get an strace from the reporter? Or should we just blacklist this device?

lsusb -v:
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 0928:0000 Oxford Semiconductor, Ltd
Device Descriptor:
  bLength 18
  bDescriptorType 1
  bcdUSB 2.00
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 64
  idVendor 0x0928 Oxford Semiconductor, Ltd
  idProduct 0x0000
  bcdDevice 0.00
  iManufacturer 1
  iProduct 2
  iSerial 3
  bNumConfigurations 1