2.6.38-rc3-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.37

Wed Feb 2 15:02:08 PST 2011

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.37,
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 2.6.37, 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2011-02-03       19       11           7

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28102
Subject		: New display errors in 2.6.38-rc2-00175-g6fb1b30
Submitter	: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-20110117 at schottelius.org>
Date		: 2011-01-28 20:29 (6 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110128202905.GB3395 at schottelius.org>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129624657425949&w=2

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28052
Subject		: [BUG] 2.6.38-rc2: Circular Locking Dependency
Submitter	: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen at t-online.de>
Date		: 2011-01-24 9:25 (10 days old)
Message-ID	: <4D3D45A3.7040809 at t-online.de>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129586118515443&w=2

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27812
Subject		: 2.6.38-rc2: acpi backlight control missing
Submitter	: Thomas Meyer <thomas at m3y3r.de>
Date		: 2011-01-22 10:49 (12 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/677bd810eedce61edf15452491781ff046b92edc
Message-ID	: <1295693349.2120.3.camel at localhost.localdomain>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129569353414755&w=2

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27652
Subject		: 38-rc1: umount+rmmod cause ext4 error.
Submitter	: Tao Ma <tm at tao.ma>
Date		: 2011-01-19 6:53 (15 days old)
Message-ID	: <4D368A70.5030103 at tao.ma>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=129542001031750&w=2

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27382
Subject		: ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout
Submitter	: Nicolas Stransky <Nico at stransky.cx>
Date		: 2011-01-23 00:18 (11 days old)

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27282
Subject		: Regression: 2.6.38 vs. Powertop 2
Submitter	: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen at web.de>
Date		: 2011-01-21 14:34 (13 days old)

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27022
Subject		: [REPORT] BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, init/1
Submitter	: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
Date		: 2011-01-10 15:33 (24 days old)
Message-ID	: <a7a9bdaa5936630925fb7ffd1a1795b1 at mail.gmail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129467294808655&w=2

Regressions with patches
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Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28012
Subject		: [drm:i915_driver_load] *ERROR* failed to init modeset, EINVAL
Submitter	: Ferenc Wágner <wferi at niif.hu>
Date		: 2011-02-01 15:18 (2 days old)
Handled-By	: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=45892

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27862
Subject		: Cannot launch X.org server on Core I5 with 2.6.38-rc2-git7
Submitter	: Darisuz Luksza <dariusz.luksza at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-01-30 12:13 (4 days old)
Handled-By	: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Patch		: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=42634

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27702
Subject		: regression 2.6.37 -> 2.6.38-rc1: after suspend backlight cannot be adjusted
Submitter	: Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at>
Date		: 2011-01-21 1:55 (13 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110121015529.GD9796 at gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129557717826819&w=2
Handled-By	: Michael Karcher <kernel at mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Patch		: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/499221/

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27472
Subject		: 5bd5a45 breaks resume from suspend on Thinkpad X201
Submitter	: Björn Schließmann <chronoss at gmx.de>
Date		: 2011-01-23 23:24 (11 days old)
Handled-By	: CASTET Matthieu <castet.matthieu at free.fr>
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=45192

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 2.6.37,
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!