3.0-rc2: Reported regressions 2.6.38 -> 2.6.39

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at sisk.pl
Sun Jun 12 14:06:41 PDT 2011


This message contains a list of some post-2.6.38 regressions introduced before
2.6.39, 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-2.6.38 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2011-06-12       81       21          18
  2011-05-15       50       12          11
  2011-04-30       38       17          16
  2011-04-17       17       11          10


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37132
Subject		: Random crashes on resume from hibernate on ASUS F6A
Submitter	: Dmitry Nezhevenko <dion at inhex.net>
Date		: 2011-06-10 11:00 (3 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36962
Subject		: [Regression 2.6.39][nouveau][bisected?] leaving fullscreen XV "crashes" with KDE desktop effects enabled
Submitter	: Jan Seiffert <kaffeemonster at googlemail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-25 2:32 (19 days old)
Message-ID	: <BANLkTimd6nvXTbn2hM+cKDNKFpxzsQLHog at mail.gmail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130629073407685&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36952
Subject		: [2.6.39] CIFS write failures where 2.6.38 works
Submitter	: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting at hist.no>
Date		: 2011-06-01 10:11 (12 days old)
Message-ID	: <4DE6103E.6010100 at hist.no>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130692387613423&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36712
Subject		: 2.6.39 - crash when plugging in a usb memory stick
Submitter	: Chris Clayton <chris2553 at googlemail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-27 8:09 (17 days old)
Message-ID	: <201105270909.00183.chris2553 at googlemail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130648376531197&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36702
Subject		: 2.6.39 kernel panic w/screenshots & kernel cfg link provided
Submitter	: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com>
Date		: 2011-05-28 12:01 (16 days old)
Message-ID	: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1105280755050.4345 at p34.internal.lan>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130658411008127&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36392
Subject		: 2.6.39, 3.0-rc2 Intel DRI Regression: Black Screen after trying to play video
Submitter	: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen at web.de>
Date		: 2011-06-01 04:41 (12 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36332
Subject		: Intel gpu turns external monitor off when X starts
Submitter	: rocko <rockorequin at hotmail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-31 02:53 (13 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36182
Subject		: Erroneous package power limit notification since kernel 2.6.39
Submitter	: Olaf Freyer <aaron667 at gmx.net>
Date		: 2011-05-22 13:01 (22 days old)
Message-ID	: <4DD9092A.4080507 at gmx.net>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130606930631131&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36092
Subject		: Filesystem lockup on USB HDD plug-in
Submitter	: Arno Wagner <arno at wagner.name>
Date		: 2011-05-28 12:34 (16 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36012
Subject		: Kernel oops in __pskb_pull_tail
Submitter	: Steinar H. Gunderson <sgunderson at bigfoot.com>
Date		: 2011-05-27 18:21 (17 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35922
Subject		: SND_USB_AUDIO recording device not initializing correctly
Submitter	:  <bjoern.online at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-26 10:30 (18 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35662
Subject		: softlockup with kernel 2.6.39
Submitter	: Hussam Al-Tayeb <hussam at visp.net.lb>
Date		: 2011-05-23 08:13 (21 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35642
Subject		: On resume, I sometimes get a kernel oops with led_trigger_unregister_simple
Submitter	: Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com>
Date		: 2011-05-23 00:15 (21 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35242
Subject		: NULL pointer dereference in intel_sdvo_write_cmd (was Black screen after boot)
Submitter	: Ko Mi <chaostya.test at hotmail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-17 10:27 (27 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35142
Subject		: 2.6.39-rc7-git1 boot error message (no crash)
Submitter	: werner <w.landgraf at ru.ru>
Date		: 2011-05-11 4:58 (33 days old)
Message-ID	: <web-520830057 at zbackend1.aha.ru>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130512952706444&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34942
Subject		: [Bug] Kdump does not work when panic triggered due to MCE
Submitter	: K.Prasad <prasad at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date		: 2011-05-06 16:54 (38 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110506165412.GB2719 at in.ibm.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130470087226270&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34002
Subject		: [REGRESSION] [2.6.39-rc3] Wrong resolution in framebuffer and X Window
Submitter	: Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-04-17 16:04 (57 days old)
Message-ID	: <201104171804.04664.maciej.rutecki at gmail.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-fbdev&m=130305625114863&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33842
Subject		: NULL pointer dereference in ip_fragment
Submitter	: Tomas Carnecky <tom at dbservice.com>
Date		: 2011-04-23 07:51 (51 days old)


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

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35572
Subject		: eeprom module: modprobing hangs
Submitter	: Mark <markotahal at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-21 20:17 (23 days old)
Handled-By	: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=60812


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34662
Subject		: Warning at block/genhd.c:1556 disk_clear_events
Submitter	: Meelis Roos <mroos at linux.ee>
Date		: 2011-05-02 9:59 (42 days old)
Message-ID	: <alpine.SOC.1.00.1105021255400.6200 at math.ut.ee>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130433037002610&w=2
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=58262


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33242
Subject		: Lockdep splat in autofs with 2.6.39-rc2
Submitter	: Nick Bowler <nbowler at elliptictech.com>
Date		: 2011-04-07 19:44 (67 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110407194403.GA29404 at elliptictech.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130220545614682&w=2
Patch		: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130342115008659&w=2


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 2.6.38 and 2.6.39, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32012

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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