2.6.37-rc4-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.36

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2010-12-02 23:35:39
Also in: dri-devel, linux-acpi, linux-scsi, linux-wireless, lkml

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.36,
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 regressions from 2.6.36, 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2010-12-03       55       25          19
  2010-11-19       39       29          25


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24142
Subject		: No more bt848 driver in 2.6.37-rc*
Submitter	: Christian Casteyde [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-30 20:50 (3 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23902
Subject		: [BUG] 2.6.37-rc3 massive interactivity regression on ARM
Submitter	: Mikael Pettersson [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-27 15:16 (6 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129087098911837&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23762
Subject		: kernel 2.6.37-rc2 breaks i915 graphics
Submitter	: Chris Vine [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-21 10:23 (12 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129033505414671&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23542
Subject		: HP 2530p accelerated graphics causes spontaneous power off/on
Submitter	: Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-22 17:12 (11 days old)
References	: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/365092/
Handled-By	: Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23462
Subject		: DVI/EDID broken with Intel i945 graphics and 2.6.37-rc2
Submitter	: Tino Keitel [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-16 18:49 (17 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128993389113001&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23432
Subject		: resume from suspend hangs on everex stepnote sa2053
Submitter	: tomas m [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-21 13:32 (12 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23332
Subject		: Boot failure on HP nx6325
Submitter	: Rafael J. Wysocki [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-20 00:57 (13 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/1af3c2e45e7a641e774bbb84fa428f2f0bf2d9c9
Handled-By	: Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref]


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23142
Subject		: autofs4 hang in 2.6.37-rc1
Submitter	: Avi Kivity [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-14 12:55 (19 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128973936026185&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23102
Subject		: [bisected] i915 regression in post 2.6.36 kernels
Submitter	: Johannes Hirte [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-10 7:02 (23 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128937310017057&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22942
Subject		: [2.6.37-rc1, OOM] virtblk: OOM in do_virtblk_request()
Submitter	: Dave Chinner [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-05 1:30 (28 days old)
Message-ID	: <20101105013003.GE13830@dastard>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128892062917641&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22912
Subject		: spi_lm70llp module crash on unload (2.6.37-rc1)
Submitter	: Randy Dunlap [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-05 0:16 (28 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891627913647&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22882
Subject		: (2.6.37-rc1) amd64-agp module crashed on second load
Submitter	: Randy Dunlap [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-05 0:13 (28 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891605213447&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22812
Subject		: kernel oops on 2.6.37-rc1
Submitter	: Andrew [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-12 16:05 (21 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/a68c439b1966c91f0ef474e2bf275d6792312726


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672
Subject		: Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 for Intel 945 Graphics Adapter - bisected to commit e9e331a
Submitter	: Larry Finger [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-11 01:56 (22 days old)
References	: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31803
		  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128944001311444&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22642
Subject		: 2.6.37-rc1: Disk takes 10 seconds to resume - MacBook2,1
Submitter	: Tobias [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-10 19:33 (23 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22562
Subject		: Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 - logs spammed with "unable to enumerate USB port" - bisected to commit 3df7169e
Submitter	: Larry Finger [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-02 22:32 (31 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3df7169e73fc1d71a39cffeacc969f6840cdf52b
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128873713207906&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22542
Subject		: [2.6.37-rc1] drm:i195 errors
Submitter	: Paul Rolland [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-02 14:58 (31 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128870991628970&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22532
Subject		: 2.6.37-rc1: BUG: scheduling while atomic (kvm_init)
Submitter	: Thomas Meyer [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-02 19:06 (31 days old)
Message-ID	: <50AA24C585B14210A44AB599605C7CBD@hugo>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128872479921559&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22472
Subject		: vga_switcheroo fails to switch from intel to ati
Submitter	: Radu Andries [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-08 16:46 (25 days old)


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24012
Subject		: Commit g18733b0 hangs my LVM+raid10 system
Submitter	: Giacomo Catenazzi [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-29 19:48 (4 days old)
Handled-By	: Neil Brown [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24012#c16


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23452
Subject		: 5ada28bf76752 causes compilation error if !CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS
Submitter	: Michal Hocko [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-16 14:20 (17 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128991726220668&w=2
Handled-By	: Johannes Berg [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/365582/


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23012
Subject		: ftdi_sio /dev/ttyUSB error:  "Resource Temporarily Unavailable"
Submitter	: Kevin Smith [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-16 06:25 (17 days old)
Handled-By	: Alan Stern [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=38372


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22932
Subject		: [REGRESSION] [2.6.37-rc1] Fan noise after suspend to ram/disk
Submitter	: Maciej Rutecki [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-04 16:06 (29 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3e384ee6c687cb397581ee8f9440fc8220cfac80
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128888684308982&w=2
Handled-By	: Rafael J. Wysocki [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/354682/


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22662
Subject		: divide error in select_task_rq_fair()
Submitter	: Myron Stowe [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-10 23:58 (23 days old)
Patch		: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/176
		  http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/181


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22572
Subject		: Linux 2.6.37-rc1 (acpi_video)
Submitter	: Randy Dunlap [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-02 18:51 (31 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128872403920449&w=2
		  http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=128874714517914&w=2
Handled-By	: Zhang Rui [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=36992


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 2.6.36,
unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21782

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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