3.0-rc4: Reported regressions 2.6.38 -> 2.6.39

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at sisk.pl
Sun Jun 26 15:26:04 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
  ----------------------------------------
  2011-06-27       94       25          23
  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=38132
Subject		: [OOPS] 2.6.39.x latencytop
Submitter	: Andrew Watts <akwatts at ymail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-14 17:07 (13 days old)
Message-ID	: <80098.5633.qm at web111013.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130807128506490&w=2


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37772
Subject		: Sometimes, sound disappears and doesn't want to idle.
Submitter	:  <merkil at savhon.org>
Date		: 2011-06-17 22:06 (10 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37752
Subject		: Kernel Panic in drm_vblank_put+0x13/0x50 on P4 HT machine with 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller
Submitter	: Martin Rogge <marogge at onlinehome.de>
Date		: 2011-06-17 13:02 (10 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37712
Subject		: reboot  / "shutdown -r now" hangs ;  works fine on 2.6.38.7-1
Submitter	: Dave Hooper <dave at beermex.com>
Date		: 2011-06-16 20:50 (11 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37692
Subject		: Linux 2.6.39.x fails to boot - unable to mount root fs
Submitter	: Dan Dart <dandart at googlemail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-16 18:55 (11 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37622
Subject		: Poor wireless performance with Intel 4965AGN with iwl-legacy/iwl4965
Submitter	:  <MDstr_1 at hotmail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-16 11:22 (11 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37472
Subject		: Lenovo U160 (i915 black screen)
Submitter	: Robse <rob-se at live.de>
Date		: 2011-06-14 15:17 (13 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37322
Subject		: high load, unresponsive system spinning in rcu_kthread
Submitter	: Ferenc Wágner <wferi at niif.hu>
Date		: 2011-06-12 14:53 (15 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37312
Subject		: Intel 5100 wifi stopped working with 2.6.39.1
Submitter	: Thibault Dory <dory.thibault at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-12 12:43 (15 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37292
Subject		: kernel BUG at fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c:47!
Submitter	:  <rems14 at lestoutous.com>
Date		: 2011-06-12 10:25 (15 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37042
Subject		: linux 3.0.0-rc2 libata-eh.c:4018 ata_scsi_port_error_handler+0x80/0x53d on s2disk
Submitter	: Alex Zhavnerchik <alex.vizor at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-09 08:22 (18 days old)


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 (26 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=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 (30 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=36662
Subject		: Intel GM45: Low resolution on external screen.
Submitter	: Alex Ferrando <alferpal at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-06-04 17:37 (23 days old)


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 (26 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 (27 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 (36 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 (30 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 (32 days old)


Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35662
Subject		: softlockup with kernel 2.6.39
Submitter	: Hussam Al-Tayeb <ht990332 at gmail.com>
Date		: 2011-05-23 08:13 (35 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 (41 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 (47 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 (52 days old)
Message-ID	: <20110506165412.GB2719 at in.ibm.com>
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130470087226270&w=2


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

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 (35 days old)
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=63022


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 (81 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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