2.6.31-rc5: Reported regressions from 2.6.30
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2009-08-02 18:49:40
This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.30, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them have been fixed already, please let me know. If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.30, please let me know either and I'll add them to the list. Also, please let me know if any of the entries below are invalid. Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply to this message with CCs to the people involved in reporting and handling the issue. Listed regressions statistics: Date Total Pending Unresolved ---------------------------------------- 2009-08-02 76 36 28 2009-07-27 70 51 43 2009-07-07 35 25 21 2009-06-29 22 22 15 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13899 Subject : Oops from tar, 2.6.31-rc5, 32 bit on quad core phenom. Submitter : Gene Heskett [off-list ref] Date : 2009-08-01 13:04 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124913190304149&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13896 Subject : 2.6.31-rc4 broke expect and gcc's testsuite Submitter : Mikael Pettersson [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-29 11:00 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124885806406520&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13895 Subject : 2.6.31-rc4 - slab entry tak_delay_info leaking ??? Submitter : Paul Rolland [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-29 08:20 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124884847925375&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13894 Subject : intermittent hibernation problem Submitter : Ferenc Wagner [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-30 13:29 (4 days old) References : https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2009-July/022095.html Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13869 Subject : Radeon framebuffer (w/o KMS) corruption at boot. Submitter : Duncan [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-29 16:44 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13848 Subject : iwlwifi (4965) regression since 2.6.30 Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-26 7:57 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124859658502866&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13846 Subject : Possible regression in rt61pci driver Submitter : Chris Clayton [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-13 8:27 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124747418828398&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13842 Subject : Oops when writing to /sys/block/ram0/queue/max_sectors_kb Submitter : Jens Rosenboom [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-23 15:30 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124836574403032&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13837 Subject : Input : regression - touchpad not detected Submitter : Dave Young [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-17 07:13 (17 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124780763701571&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13836 Subject : suspend script fails, related to stdout? Submitter : Tomas M. [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-17 21:24 (17 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124785853811667&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13833 Subject : Kernel Oops when trying to suspend with ubifs mounted on block2mtd mtd device Submitter : Tobias Diedrich [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-15 14:20 (19 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15bce40cb3133bcc07d548013df97e4653d363c1 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124766049207807&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124704927819769&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13826 Subject : thinkpad boots with backlight low Submitter : Pavel Machek [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-15 15:13 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124756359126830&w=4 Handled-By : Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13819 Subject : system freeze when switching to console Submitter : Reinette Chatre [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-23 17:57 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13815 Subject : emacs -nw compilation doesn't show the error message Submitter : Aneesh Kumar K.V [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-23 06:22 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d945cb9cce20ac7143c2de8d88b187f62db99bdc Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13813 Subject : Hangups in n_tty_read() Submitter : Johannes Weiner [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-16 18:48 (18 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124777019920579&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13812 Subject : Ooops on uplug Submitter : Daniel Mack [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-20 17:51 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124811234302786&w=4 Handled-By : Alan Stern [off-list ref] Alan Cox [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13809 Subject : oprofile: possible circular locking dependency detected Submitter : Jerome Marchand [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-22 13:35 (12 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13770 Subject : System freeze on XFS filesystem recovery on an external disk Submitter : Jean-Luc Coulon [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-14 10:31 (20 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13762 Subject : AHCI on HP Compaq 6715s broken, did not detect slots/ports -> unable to boot Submitter : Matthias Tingelhoff [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-11 20:48 (23 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a76117dfd687ec4be0a9a05214f3009cc5f73a42 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13740 Subject : X server crashes with 2.6.31-rc2 when options are changed Submitter : Michael S. Tsirkin [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-07 15:19 (27 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13733 Subject : 2.6.31-rc2: irq 16: nobody cared Submitter : Niel Lambrechts [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-06 18:32 (28 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124690524027166&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13731 Subject : Inconsistent {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} -> {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} usage. Submitter : Miles Lane [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-06 4:22 (28 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124685417325348&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13726 Subject : fio sync read 4k block size 35% regression Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-01 11:25 (33 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=51daa88ebd8e0d437289f589af29d4b39379ea76 References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/30/679 Handled-By : Wu Fengguang [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13716 Subject : The AIC-7892P controller does not work any more Submitter : Andrej Podzimek [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-05 19:23 (29 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13713 Subject : [drm/i915] Possible regression due to commit "Change GEM throttling to be 20ms (...)" Submitter : [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-05 10:49 (29 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b962442e46a9340bdbc6711982c59ff0cc2b5afb Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13657 Subject : Linux-2.6.31-rc1 Fails To Recognize Some USB Disks Submitter : Tarkan Erimer [off-list ref] Date : 2009-06-26 10:03 (38 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3821d768912a47ddbd6cab52943a8284df88003c References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/34 Handled-By : Martin K. Petersen [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13656 Subject : 2.6.31-rc1 crashes randomly on my Machine. Submitter : Zeno Davatz [off-list ref] Date : 2009-06-26 08:56 (38 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/27 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13645 Subject : NULL pointer dereference at (null) (level2_spare_pgt) Submitter : poornima nayak [off-list ref] Date : 2009-06-17 17:56 (47 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/17/194 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13891 Subject : PCI resources allocation problem on HP nx6325 Submitter : Rafael J. Wysocki [off-list ref] Date : 2009-08-02 13:37 (1 days old) Handled-By : Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38774/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13872 Subject : cpufreq bug (null pointer dereference) Submitter : Christophe Lermytte [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-21 22:07 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ee88415caf736b89500f16e0a545614541a45005 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124820689011112&w=4 Handled-By : Pallipadi, Venkatesh [off-list ref] Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38229/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13861 Subject : CIFS mounts ignore uid argument (ok in 2.6.30.3) Submitter : [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-28 21:39 (6 days old) Handled-By : Jeff Layton [off-list ref] Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38498/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13840 Subject : KMS oops on 945G system Submitter : Diego Calleja [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-21 20:50 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7662c8bd6545c12ac7b2b39e4554c3ba34789c50 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124820945815030&w=4 Handled-By : Jesse Barnes [off-list ref] Patch : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/anholt/drm-intel.git;a=commit;h=dff33cfcefa31c30b72c57f44586754ea9e8f3e2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13838 Subject : kernel BUG at include/net/netns/generic.h:41! Submitter : Luca Tettamanti [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-20 15:27 (14 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/105 Handled-By : Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/37779/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13825 Subject : eeepc-laptop: fix hot-unplug on resume Submitter : Alan Jenkins [off-list ref] Date : 2009-06-29 13:12 (35 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/150 Handled-By : Alan Jenkins [off-list ref] Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32926/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13781 Subject : System freeze at resume after suspend to RAM Submitter : Christian Casteyde [off-list ref] Date : 2009-07-15 18:42 (19 days old) Handled-By : Zhao Yakui [off-list ref] Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=22463 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13742 Subject : iwlagn (4965): regression when hardware rf switch is used Submitter : Frans Pop [off-list ref] Date : 2009-06-29 11:28 (35 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/88 Handled-By : Reinette Chatre [off-list ref] Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/30/224 For details, please visit the bug entries and follow the links given in references. As you can see, there is a Bugzilla entry for each of the listed regressions. There also is a Bugzilla entry used for tracking the regressions from 2.6.30, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13615 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. Thanks, Rafael