2.6.37-rc4-git4: Reported regressions 2.6.35 -> 2.6.36

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2010-12-05 20:16:56
Also in: dri-devel, linux-acpi, linux-scsi, linux-wireless, lkml

This message contains a list of some post-2.6.35 regressions introduced before
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 post-2.6.35 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2010-12-05       95       34          31
  2010-11-19       92       38          34
  2010-10-17       70       27          27
  2010-10-10       56       16          15
  2010-10-03       52       16          14
  2010-09-26       46       15          13
  2010-09-20       38       15          15
  2010-09-12       28       14          13
  2010-08-30       21       16          15


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24022
Subject		: wireless no longer works after 1st update of 10.10 [rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()]
Submitter	: njin [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-29 19:49 (7 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23812
Subject		: HAL does not provide battery information on RHEL5 and CentOS-5
Submitter	: Dag Wieers [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-26 18:08 (10 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23302
Subject		: alsa stops working after one or more hibernate or suspend cycles
Submitter	: Werner Lemberg [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-19 16:21 (17 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23132
Subject		: without "pci=nocrs", Dell Inspiron 1545 hangs
Submitter	: Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-17 19:18 (19 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22842
Subject		: iwl3945 suddenly stops working
Submitter	: Felipe Contreras [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-14 11:14 (22 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22782
Subject		: 2.6.36: general protection fault during lockfs lockspace removal
Submitter	: nik@linuxbox.cz [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-12 12:05 (24 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22732
Subject		: 2.6.37-rc1: hibernation breaks swap
Submitter	: Zhang Rui [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-11 08:38 (25 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22272
Subject		: High [extra timer interrupt] count in powertop since 2.6.36
Submitter	: Ian Kumlien [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-30 23:52 (37 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128848330304431&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22172
Subject		: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 0 is less than avail 32
Submitter	: Tobias [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-11-06 09:33 (30 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22092
Subject		: Kernel v2.6.36 trouble on USB disconnect
Submitter	: Ketil Froyn [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-29 8:05 (38 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128833956503607&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21662
Subject		: 2.6.35->2.6.36 regression, vanilla kernel panic, ppp or hrtimers crashing
Submitter	: Denys Fedoryshchenko [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-25 9:22 (42 days old)
Message-ID	: [ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128799855826011&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21652
Subject		: several problems with intel graphics since 2.6.36
Submitter	: Norbert Preining [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-27 14:32 (40 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128818998630241&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21402
Subject		: [KVM] Noacpi Windows guest can not boot up on 32bit KVM host
Submitter	: xudong [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-29 03:01 (38 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21372
Subject		: NULL pointer deference at disk_replace_part_tbl+0x32
Submitter	: Luis R. Rodriguez [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-28 17:22 (39 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20352
Subject		: Fwd: Re: UML kernel crash of v2.6.36-rcX kernel
Submitter	: Toralf Förster [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-13 11:28 (54 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/365b18189789bfa1acd9939e6312b8a4b4577b28
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128696930132503&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20342
Subject		: [LogFS] [2.6.36-rc7] Deadlock in logfs_get_wblocks, hold and wait on same lock super->s_write_mutex
Submitter	: Prasad Joshi [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-13 9:49 (54 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128696335024718&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20332
Subject		: [LogFS] [2.6.36-rc7] Kernel BUG at lib/btree.c:465!
Submitter	: Prasad Joshi [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-12 18:56 (55 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128690910501830&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20322
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc7: inconsistent lock state: inconsistent {IN-RECLAIM_FS-R} -> {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} usage.
Submitter	: Dave Jones [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-11 20:10 (56 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128682782828453&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20232
Subject		: kworker consumes ~100% CPU on HP Elitebook 8540w running 2.6.36_rc6-git4
Submitter	: Ozan Caglayan [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-13 06:13 (54 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19802
Subject		: [drm:init_ring_common] *ERROR* render ring head not reset to zero
Submitter	: Thomas Meyer [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-04 20:31 (63 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128622441331199&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19782
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc6-git2 -- BUG dentry: Poison overwritten (after resume from hibernation)
Submitter	: Miles Lane [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-03 3:54 (64 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128607809314079&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19632
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc6: modprobe Not tainted warning
Submitter	: Heinz Diehl [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-30 18:25 (67 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128587114004680&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19392
Subject		: WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c:3475 ath5k_bss_info_changed+0x44/0x168 [ath5k]()
Submitter	: Justin Mattock [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-28 22:30 (69 days old)
Message-ID	: <[off-list ref]>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128571307018635&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19372
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc6: WARNING: at drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:235 radeon_fence_wait+0x35a/0x3c0
Submitter	: Alexey Dobriyan [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-29 21:29 (68 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128579579400315&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19142
Subject		: Screen flickers when switching from the console to X
Submitter	: Andrey Rahmatullin [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-27 12:05 (70 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19052
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc5-git1 -- [drm:i915_report_and_clear_eir] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking
Submitter	: Miles Lane [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-22 23:47 (75 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128519926626322&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19002
Subject		: Radeon rv730 AGP/KMS/DRM kernel lockup
Submitter	: Duncan [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-09-23 16:48 (74 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17121
Subject		: Two blank rectangles more than 10 cm long when booting
Submitter	: Eric Valette [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-26 17:24 (102 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17061
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc1 on zaurus: bluetooth regression
Submitter	: Pavel Machek [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-21 15:24 (107 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128240433828087&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16971
Subject		: qla4xxx compile failure on 32-bit PowerPC: missing readq and writeq
Submitter	: Meelis Roos [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-19 21:03 (109 days old)
Message-ID	: <<[off-list ref]>>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128225184900892&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16951
Subject		: hackbench regression with 2.6.36-rc1
Submitter	: Zhang, Yanmin [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-08-18 6:18 (110 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128211235904910&w=2


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21092
Subject		: Kernel 2.6.36 Bug during quotaon on reiserfs
Submitter	:  [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-24 16:57 (43 days old)
Handled-By	: Jan Kara [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=35292


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20462
Subject		: 2.6.36-rc7-git2 - panic/GPF: e1000e/vlans?
Submitter	: Nikola Ciprich [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-15 7:10 (52 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128712984831303&w=2
Handled-By	: Jesse Gross [off-list ref]
Patch		: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146227.html


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162
Subject		: [LogFS][2.6.36.rc7+] Kernel BUG at readwrite.c:1193
Submitter	: Prasad Joshi [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-10-10 17:44 (57 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128673196203340&w=2
Handled-By	:  Prasad Gajanan Joshi [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162#c1


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 2.6.35 and 2.6.36, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16444

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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