2.6.29-rc2-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.27 -> 2.6.28
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2009-01-20 00:06:47
This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, 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 introduced between 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2009-01-20 144 30 27 2009-01-11 139 33 30 2008-12-21 120 19 17 2008-12-13 111 14 13 2008-12-07 106 20 17 2008-12-04 106 29 21 2008-11-22 93 25 15 2008-11-16 89 32 18 2008-11-09 73 40 27 2008-11-02 55 41 29 2008-10-25 26 25 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12500 Subject : r8169: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out Submitter : Justin Piszcz [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-13 21:19 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123188160811322&w=4 Handled-By : Francois Romieu [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12483 Subject : Reference to inexistent struct dmi_device_id breaks the build Submitter : Jean Delvare [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-19 01:29 (1 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12465 Subject : KVM guests stalling on 2.6.28 (bisected) Submitter : Kevin Shanahan [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-17 03:37 (3 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12426 Subject : TMDC Joystick no longer works in kernel 2.6.28 Submitter : Andrew S. Johnson [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-10 21:53 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123162486415366&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12421 Subject : GPF on 2.6.28 & 2.6.28-rc9-git3 e1000e / e1000 issues Submitter : Doug Bazarnic [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-09 21:26 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123153653120204&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12411 Subject : 2.6.28: BUG in r8169 Submitter : Andrey Vul [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-31 18:37 (20 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123074869611409&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12409 Subject : NULL pointer dereference at get_stats() Submitter : Tetsuo Handa [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-30 12:53 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123064167008695&w=4 Handled-By : Frederik Deweerdt [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12408 Subject : Funny problem with 2.6.28: Kernel stalls Submitter : Michael Roth [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-25 15:14 (26 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123021931714282&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12407 Subject : Kernel 2.6.28 regression: Hang after hibernate Submitter : Frank Groeneveld [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-28 20:34 (23 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123049651906081&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12405 Subject : oops in __bounce_end_io_read under kvm Submitter : Christoph Hellwig [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-26 17:36 (25 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123031303400676&w=4 Handled-By : Jens Axboe [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12404 Subject : Oops in 2.6.28-rc9 and -rc8 -- mtrr issues / e1000e Submitter : Kernel [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-22 9:37 (29 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122993873320150&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12403 Subject : TTY problem on linux-2.6.28-rc7 Submitter : sasa sasa [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-22 4:23 (29 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122991914600390&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12401 Subject : 2.6.28 regression: xbacklight broken on ThinkPad X61s Submitter : Tino Keitel [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-05 8:39 (15 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22c13f9d8179f4c9caecfcb60a95214562b9addc References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123114479110314&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12395 Subject : 2.6.28-rc9: oprofile regression Submitter : Tim Blechmann [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-21 14:23 (30 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b99170288421c79f0c2efa8b33e26e65f4bb7fb8 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122986946614791&w=4 Handled-By : Andi Kleen [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12393 Subject : debugging in dosemu causes lots of 'scheduling while atomic' Submitter : Michal Suchanek [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-09 07:28 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12391 Subject : Processor does not go below C2 state until usb.autosuspend is enabled Submitter : Gergely Imreh [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-09 02:35 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12337 Subject : ~100 extra wakeups reported by powertop Submitter : Alberto Gonzalez [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-31 12:25 (20 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12265 Subject : FPU emulation broken in 2.6.28-rc8 ? Submitter : Rogier Wolff [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-17 8:56 (34 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122950463030747&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12264 Subject : i915: switching from kwin in opengl mode to a VT then back to x11, x11 freezes Submitter : Caleb Cushing [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-16 11:40 (35 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122942777030666&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12263 Subject : Sata soft reset filling log Submitter : Justin Madru [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-13 2:07 (38 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122913412608533&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12224 Subject : journal activity on inactive partition causes inactive harddrive spinup Submitter : C Sights [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-14 11:39 (37 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c87591b719737b4e91eb1a9fa8fd55a4ff1886d6 Handled-By : Eric Sandeen [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12209 Subject : oldish top core dumps (in its meminfo() function) Submitter : Andreas Mohr [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-12 18:49 (39 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122910784006472&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122907511319288&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12208 Subject : uml is very slow on 2.6.28 host Submitter : Miklos Szeredi [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-12 9:35 (39 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122907463518593&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12160 Subject : networking oops after resume from s2ram (2.6.28-rc6) Submitter : Marcin Slusarz [off-list ref] Date : 2008-11-28 21:15 (53 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122790701615723&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12159 Subject : 2.6.28-rc6-git1 -- No sound produced from Intel HDA ALSA driver Submitter : Miles Lane [off-list ref] Date : 2008-11-27 20:33 (54 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122781805620212&w=4 Handled-By : Takashi Iwai [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12061 Subject : snd_hda_intel: power_save: sound cracks on powerdown Submitter : Jens Weibler [off-list ref] Date : 2008-11-18 12:07 (63 days old) Handled-By : Takashi Iwai [off-list ref] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11849 Subject : default IRQ affinity change in v2.6.27 (breaking several SMP PPC based systems) Submitter : Kumar Gala [off-list ref] Date : 2008-10-24 12:45 (88 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122485245924125&w=4 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12406 Subject : 2.6.28 thinks that my PS/2 mouse is a touchpad Submitter : Alexander E. Patrakov [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-27 9:06 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123036893817280&w=4 Handled-By : Arjan Opmeer [off-list ref] Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123092147703236&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12396 Subject : hwinfo problem since 2.6.28 Submitter : Beschorner Daniel [off-list ref] Date : 2009-01-06 8:53 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123123277800835&w=4 Handled-By : Suresh Siddha [off-list ref] Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123154005127497&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12260 Subject : Regression due to commit 2b80848e3818fb1c (p54usb: support LM87 firmwares) Submitter : Larry Finger [off-list ref] Date : 2008-12-20 10:45 (31 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2b80848e3818fb1c8ccddc105b065a86c68afa9d Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12260 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 introduced between 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11808 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. Thanks, Rafael