2.6.36-rc3-git7: Reported regressions 2.6.37 -> 2.6.38

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at sisk.pl
Sun Apr 17 06:48:28 PDT 2011


This message contains a list of some post-2.6.37 regressions introduced before
2.6.38, 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-2.6.37 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2011-04-17       98       28          28
  2011-03-27       88       26          26
  2011-03-06       70       27          26
  2011-02-21       51       18          17
  2011-02-12       39       20          18
  2011-02-03       19       11           7


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32862
Subject		: acer_wmi partially crashes ACPI/EC (Aspire 8930G)
Submitter	: Hector Martin <hector at marcansoft.com>
Date		: 2011-04-07 17:44 (11 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32762
Subject		: Booting with external monitor attached results in red flickering screen on the external monitor
Submitter	: Anton <anton.bugs at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-04-06 04:50 (12 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32202
Subject		: 2.6.38 hangs on boot until key is pressed
Submitter	: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko at ursulin.net>
Date		: 2011-03-27 19:18 (22 days old)
Message-ID	: <1301253485.2500.2.camel at deuteros>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130125411116558&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32112
Subject		: Writes to USB flash drives are extremely slow in 2.6.38
Submitter	: Delan Azabani <delan at azabani.com>
Date		: 2011-03-29 08:10 (20 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32072
Subject		: 2.6.38 Regression: Nvidia GeForce8400 + i915 = Crash on Boot
Submitter	: simon at mungewell.org
Date		: 2011-03-24 15:20 (25 days old)
Message-ID	: <fe471c05897776b7c26b9fd2603e3b76.squirrel at host171.canaca.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130100955926434&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31982
Subject		: XFS memory allocation deadlock in 2.6.38
Submitter	: Sean Noonan <Sean.Noonan at twosigma.com>
Date		: 2011-03-21 16:19 (28 days old)
Message-ID	: <081DDE43F61F3D43929A181B477DCA95639B52FD at MSXAOA6.twosigma.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130072585111310&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31922
Subject		: ath5k: Decreased throughput in IBSS or 802.11n mode
Submitter	: Jeff Cook <jeff at deserettechnology.com>
Date		: 2011-03-26 20:06 (23 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31872
Subject		: boot panic unless acpi=off, Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted - Toshiba Satellite/mobile P4
Submitter	: Pascal Dormeau <pdormeau at free.fr>
Date		: 2011-03-25 20:17 (24 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31782
Subject		: nouveau: lockdep spew
Submitter	: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
Date		: 2011-03-24 09:51 (25 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31702
Subject		: ath5k phy2: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
Submitter	: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-03-22 19:15 (27 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31572
Subject		: BUG in vb_alloc() - firewire crash at boot
Submitter	: Pavel Kysilka <goldenfish at linuxsoft.cz>
Date		: 2011-03-21 12:40 (28 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31532
Subject		: 2.6.38: Quota over NFS4
Submitter	: Adam Lackorzynski <adam at os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
Date		: 2011-03-17 13:32 (32 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110317133247.GB6424 at os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130036878203485&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31452
Subject		: ath9k: throughput issue in 802.11n and also IBSS mode
Submitter	: Richard Schütz <r.schtz at t-online.de>
Date		: 2011-03-19 19:06 (30 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31402
Subject		: Diminished brightness at startup
Submitter	: Guilherme Salazar <guilhermesalazar at ymail.com>
Date		: 2011-03-18 16:29 (31 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31322
Subject		: 2.6.38-rc echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches repairs mplayer distortions
Submitter	: Hans de Bruin <jmdebruin at xmsnet.nl>
Date		: 2011-03-14 21:34 (35 days old)
Message-ID	: <4D7E89E7.3080505 at xmsnet.nl>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130014181919827&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31012
Subject		: WARNING: Perf: bad frame pointer = (null), 2.6.38-rc8
Submitter	: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
Date		: 2011-03-12 19:08 (37 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110312140851.52420149 at katamari>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129995721014931&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30992
Subject		: 2.6.38-rc7: Some strange soft-lockup
Submitter	: Dmitry Nezhevenko <dion at inhex.net>
Date		: 2011-03-06 14:01 (43 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110306140104.GA7700 at laptop.local>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129942161205739&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30852
Subject		: Seldom errors after suspend/resume causing problems
Submitter	: Mehmet Giritli <mehmet at giritli.eu>
Date		: 2011-03-10 10:53 (39 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30582
Subject		: WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c:536 ath_stoprecv+0xc8/0xda [ath9k]()
Submitter	: Justin Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-03-03 5:47 (46 days old)
Message-ID	: <AANLkTik9To0Rkq2FRqQFB2wNu0kyJ7CzyBek2jBp36Cb at mail.gmail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129913127722786&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29992
Subject		: boot hang 2.6.37.1 regression w/ intel_idle and CONFIG_NO_HZ=n - asus p7p55d le
Submitter	: De Ganseman Amaury <amaury.deganseman at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-02-27 10:38 (50 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29852
Subject		: 2.6.38-rc5: nfsd: page allocation failure. spinlock trylock failure on UP
Submitter	: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-02-21 20:33 (56 days old)
Message-ID	: <AANLkTi=14N_c_B7mLY0H8Dt8pte6C0mjFnVuC37e44Hs at mail.gmail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129832042402668&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29672
Subject		: [regression][ALSA][hda-conexant][2.6.38-rcX] external microphone sound too quiet
Submitter	: Shawn Starr <shawn.starr at rogers.com>
Date		: 2011-02-19 6:02 (58 days old)
Message-ID	: <474630.25335.qm at smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129809536502092&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28802
Subject		: commit 5d1d0cc breaks resume from suspend on Thinkpad X201
Submitter	: Björn Schließmann <chronoss at gmx.de>
Date		: 2011-02-10 17:23 (67 days old)
Handled-By	: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28642
Subject		: ACPI broken on DELL Latitude E6410 in 2.6.38-rc3
Submitter	: Adam Kovari <kovariadam at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-02-08 22:22 (69 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28562
Subject		: [BUG] usb problems in .38-rc3+
Submitter	: Ed Tomlinson <edt at aei.ca>
Date		: 2011-02-05 19:17 (72 days old)
Message-ID	: <201102051417.58953.edt at aei.ca>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129693391417607&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28522
Subject		: Unable to mount FAT-formatted floppy on /dev/fd0, plus WARN_ON when using /dev/fd0u1440
Submitter	: Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci at ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec>
Date		: 2011-02-07 17:21 (70 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28452
Subject		: 2.6.38-rc3 regression on parisc: segfaults
Submitter	: Meelis Roos <mroos at linux.ee>
Date		: 2011-02-01 22:00 (76 days old)
Message-ID	: <alpine.SOC.1.00.1102012342200.25944 at math.ut.ee>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129659763426600&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28422
Subject		: kref and apparmor panic in 2.6.38-rc2.
Submitter	: Tao Ma <tm at tao.ma>
Date		: 2011-01-31 10:06 (77 days old)
Message-ID	: <4D46899B.80302 at tao.ma>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129646840303149&w=2


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

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 2.6.37 and 2.6.38, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27352

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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