2.6.39-rc5-git4: Reported regressions 2.6.37 -> 2.6.38

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at sisk.pl
Sat Apr 30 13:13:11 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2011-04-30      105       29          28
  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=34022
Subject		: Kernel OOPS turning on Radeon on vgaswitcheroo enabled system
Submitter	:  <blazej.bucko at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-04-27 19:39 (4 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33982
Subject		: ath9k: regulatory: strange tx power limits
Submitter	: Richard Schütz <r.schtz at t-online.de>
Date		: 2011-04-26 18:37 (5 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33892
Subject		: Kernel sometimes fails to find major/minor number of root device
Submitter	: Aaron Barany <akb825 at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-04-23 20:13 (8 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33882
Subject		: rt2800pci bad performance in 2.6.38
Submitter	: Ricardo Graça <r.jpg at iol.pt>
Date		: 2011-04-23 14:35 (8 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33852
Subject		: Regression of AR2413 802.11bg in 2.6.38.4
Submitter	: Boris Popov <popov.b at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-04-23 12:12 (8 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/42c025f3de9042d9c9abd9a6f6205d1a0f4bcadf


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33662
Subject		: System hangs during X startup (kwin compositing?)
Submitter	: Luke-Jr <luke-jr+linuxbugs at utopios.org>
Date		: 2011-04-19 04:26 (12 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 (25 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32522
Subject		: drm:i915_hangcheck_ring_idle after suspend/resume cycle
Submitter	:  <fhimpe at telenet.be>
Date		: 2011-04-02 18:40 (29 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 (35 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 (33 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 (38 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 (41 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 (36 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 (38 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 (40 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 (41 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 (45 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=31522
Subject		: i915/kms regression after 2.6.38-rc8 (was: Re: Linux 2.6.38)
Submitter	: Melchior FRANZ <melchior.franz at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-03-16 17:30 (46 days old)
Message-ID	: <201103161830.52231 at rk-nord.at>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130029706416659&w=2
		  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130409270332174&w=2


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 (44 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 (48 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 (50 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 (56 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=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 (59 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 (63 days old)


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 (71 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=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 (83 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 (89 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 (90 days old)
Message-ID	: <4D46899B.80302 at tao.ma>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129646840303149&w=2


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

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 (24 days old)
Handled-By	: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee at novell.com>
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=54492


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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