2.6.36-rc3-git5: Reported regressions 2.6.34 -> 2.6.35

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2010-09-12 19:26:58
Also in: dri-devel, linux-acpi, linux-scsi, linux-wireless, lkml

This message contains a list of some post-2.6.34 regressions introduced before
2.6.35, for which there are no fixes in the mainline known to the tracking team.
If any of them have been fixed already, please let us know.

If you know of any other unresolved post-2.6.34 regressions, please let us know
either and we'll add them to the list.  Also, please let us 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2010-09-12      135       26          25
  2010-08-30      124       38          34
  2010-08-01      100       27          23
  2010-07-23       94       33          25
  2010-07-09       79       45          37
  2010-06-21       46       37          26
  2010-06-09       15       13          10


Unresolved regressions
----------------------

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18272
Subject		: 2.6.35.*: horrible (exponential? >linear) slowdown to unusability (ACPI idle?)
Submitter	: Nix [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-05 0:51 (8 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/30a564be9d9554c168a654eddc2165869cc0d7bf
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128364994602942&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18202
Subject		: Microphone levels too low
Submitter	: Alexander Hunziker [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-09 22:20 (4 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
Subject		: No sound on headphone jack
Submitter	: Alexander Hunziker [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-07 21:45 (6 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17812
Subject		: Kernel completely frozen when memory is full
Submitter	: Mickey86 [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-05 13:09 (8 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17772
Subject		: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI *
Submitter	: zersaa [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-04 21:28 (9 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17732
Subject		: [2.6.35.x regression] rcu_preempt_state stall warning and machine slow-downs
Submitter	: Matthias Dahl [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-01 6:47 (12 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128332418629305&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16771
Subject		: [Bisected Regression in 2.6.35] A full tmpfs filesystem causes hibernationto hang
Submitter	: M. Vefa Bicakci [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-15 5:25 (29 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/bb21c7ce18eff8e6e7877ca1d06c6db719376e3c
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128184995401968&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16691
Subject		: IPW5100: iwlagn broken with 2.6.34.x to 2.6.35.2 update
Submitter	: Can Celasun [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-21 08:28 (23 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16633
Subject		: ath5k + 2.6.35 x86 + hostapd - Failed to set channel
Submitter	: NiTr0 [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-19 19:37 (25 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16614
Subject		: [2.6.35] usb 2.0 em28xx  kernel panic general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP          RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa004fbc5>]  [<ffffffffa004fbc5>] em28xx_isoc_copy_vbi+0x62e/0x812 [em28xx]
Submitter	: Sander Eikelenboom [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-10 22:12 (34 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128152075830927&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16562
Subject		: 2.6.35: cpu_idle bug report / on i7 870 cpu (x86_64)
Submitter	: Justin Piszcz [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-06 22:09 (38 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128113260904048&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16549
Subject		: 2.6.35: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage
Submitter	: Vladislav Bolkhovitin [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-04 10:56 (40 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128091938215177&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16537
Subject		: TREE_RCU hangs at boot
Submitter	: Rolf Eike Beer [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-07 12:18 (37 days old)
Handled-By	: Paul E. McKenney [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16532
Subject		: random suspend (S3) problems on Intel DG45ID board
Submitter	: Alexey Fisher [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-07 08:55 (37 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16525
Subject		: unexpected high load since 2.6.35
Submitter	: MadLoisae@gmx.net [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-02 20:53 (42 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128078243726655&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16515
Subject		: [bisected] Radeon rv280 can't boot on kernel 2.6.35.
Submitter	: Albert Gall [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-04 16:10 (40 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=27350
Handled-By	: Alex Deucher [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16495
Subject		: Kernel 2.6.35 takes almost half an hour to boot
Submitter	: Claudio M. Camacho [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-02 17:16 (42 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16488
Subject		: [i915] Framebuffer ID error after suspend/hibernate leading to X crash
Submitter	: Milan Bouchet-Valat [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-01 08:55 (43 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16458
Subject		: Bluetooth disabled after resume
Submitter	: AttilaN [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-07-25 09:33 (50 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16380
Subject		: Loop devices act strangely in 2.6.35
Submitter	: Artem S. Tashkinov [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-07-13 23:21 (62 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16322
Subject		: WARNING: at /arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:1005 read_measured_perf_ctrs+0x5a/0x70()
Submitter	: boris64 [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-07-01 13:54 (74 days old)
Handled-By	: H. Peter Anvin [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16265
Subject		: Why is kslowd accumulating so much CPU time?
Submitter	: Theodore Ts'o [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-09 18:36 (96 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/fbf81762e385d3d45acad057b654d56972acf58c
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127610857819033&w=4
		  http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29536
Handled-By	: Chris Wilson [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16228
Subject		: BUG/boot failure on Dell Precision T3500 (pci/ahci_stop_engine)
Submitter	: Brian Bloniarz [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-16 17:57 (89 days old)
Handled-By	: Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16221
Subject		: 2.6.35-rc2-git5 -- [drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id
Submitter	: Miles Lane [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-11 20:31 (94 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127628828119623&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16184
Subject		: Container, X86-64, i386, iptables rule
Submitter	: Jean-Marc Pigeon [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-12 04:17 (93 days old)
Handled-By	: Patrick McHardy [off-list ref]


Regressions with patches
------------------------

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16312
Subject		: WARNING: at fs/fs-writeback.c:1127 __mark_inode_dirty
Submitter	: Zdenek Kabelac [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-28 9:40 (77 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127771804806465&w=2
		  http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1007.3/00884.html
Handled-By	: Jan Kara [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=27272


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 2.6.34 and 2.6.35, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16055

Please let the tracking team know if there are any Bugzilla entries that
should be added to the list in there.

Thanks!
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