From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754170AbYKBR6m (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:58:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753906AbYKBR60 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:58:26 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:35572 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753852AbYKBR6W convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:58:22 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: 2.6.28-rc2-git7: Reported regressions from 2.6.27 Cc: Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Natalie Protasevich , Kernel Testers List , Network Development , Linux ACPI , Linux PM List , Linux SCSI List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-ID: <603i_OdVYPF.A.7_D.mjeDJB@chimera> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:04:20 +0100 (CET) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.27, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them have been fixed already, please let me know. If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.27, please let me know either and I'll add them to the list. Also, please let me 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 ---------------------------------------- 2008-11-02 55 41 29 2008-10-25 26 25 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11937 Subject : ext3 __log_wait_for_space: no transactions Submitter : Meelis Roos Date : 2008-10-30 9:49 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122536026105643&w=4 Handled-By : Theodore Tso Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11928 Subject : ath5k gets lost with eeepc-laptop removal Submitter : Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino Date : 2008-10-31 13:05 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122545827204957&w=4 Handled-By : Nick Kossifidis Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11913 Subject : USB/INPUT: slab error in cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(): double free? Submitter : Helge Deller Date : 2008-10-30 23:11 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122540833301394&w=4 Handled-By : Jiri Kosina Jiri Slaby Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11910 Subject : System doesn't restart Submitter : Thomas Meyer Date : 2008-10-30 20:35 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122539897518110&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11909 Subject : initrd fails to create bloc devices Submitter : Andrey Borzenkov Date : 2008-10-30 18:48 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122539280706439&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11908 Subject : linux-2.6.28-rc2 regression : oprofile doesnt work anymore Submitter : Eric Dumazet Date : 2008-10-30 18:01 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122539004100532&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11906 Subject : 2.6.28-rc2 seems to fail at powering down the monitor when it should Submitter : Gene Heskett Date : 2008-10-30 6:39 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122534879721424&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11905 Subject : lots of extra timer interrupts costing 2W Submitter : Theodore Ts'o Date : 2008-10-30 2:18 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122533314305315&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122541849114444&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11901 Subject : ath5k triggers WARN_ON in __ieee80211_rx Submitter : Bob Copeland Date : 2008-10-30 09:15 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11899 Subject : sometime boot failed on T61 laptop Submitter : alexs Date : 2008-10-30 02:04 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11898 Subject : mke2fs hang on AIC79 device. Submitter : alexs Date : 2008-10-30 01:17 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11894 Subject : 2.6.28-rc2 / hso driver oops Submitter : Jonathan McDowell Date : 2008-10-29 16:40 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122529846811013&w=4 Handled-By : Ben Hutchings Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11891 Subject : resume from disk broken on hp/compaq nx7000 (DRM problem) Submitter : Markus Meier Date : 2008-10-29 14:42 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11882 Subject : dbench 15% regression with 2.6.28-rc1 Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin Date : 2008-10-28 8:41 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122518333103345&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11881 Subject : Linux 2.6.28-rc2 i/o error on /dev/ttyUSB0 Submitter : Helge Hafting Date : 2008-10-28 11:19 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122519319922377&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11875 Subject : radeonfb lockup in .28-rc (bisected) Submitter : James Cloos Date : 2008-10-28 0:00 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122515210200530&w=4 Handled-By : Benjamin Herrenschmidt Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11873 Subject : unable to mount ext3 root filesystem due to htree_dirblock_to_tree Submitter : Jimmy.Jazz@gmx.net Date : 2008-10-28 05:09 (6 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11858 Subject : Timeout regression introduced by 242f9dcb8ba6f68fcd217a119a7648a4f69290e9 Submitter : Tejun Heo Date : 2008-10-26 9:46 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122501447326698&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11856 Subject : seq_file does not handle pread() Submitter : Petr Vandrovec Date : 2008-10-25 17:40 (9 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11854 Subject : v2.6.28-rc1: readlink /proc/*/exe returns uninitialized data to userspace Submitter : Vegard Nossum Date : 2008-10-25 17:14 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122495490201663&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11849 Subject : default IRQ affinity change in v2.6.27 (breaking several SMP PPC based systems) Submitter : Kumar Gala Date : 2008-10-24 12:45 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122485245924125&w=4 Handled-By : Chris Snook Scott Wood Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11841 Subject : plenty of line "ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode" in dmesg Submitter : François Valenduc Date : 2008-10-25 10:29 (9 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11834 Subject : iwl3945: if I leave my machine running overnight, wifi will not work in the morning Submitter : Pavel Machek Date : 2008-10-19 21:40 (15 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122445440206101&w=4 Handled-By : reinette chatre Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 Subject : Linux 2.6.27-git3: no SD card reader Submitter : J.A. Magallón Date : 2008-10-14 0:54 (20 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122394573904699&w=4 Handled-By : Pierre Ossman Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11826 Subject : extreme slowness of IO stuff using 2.6.28-rc1 Submitter : Yves-Alexis Perez Date : 2008-10-25 04:25 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122521238402963&w=4 Handled-By : Arjan van de Ven Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822 Subject : ACPI Warning (nspredef-0858): _SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._BIF: Return Package type mismatch at index 9 - found Buffer, expected String [20080926] Submitter : Len Brown Date : 2008-10-25 01:26 (9 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11806 Subject : iwl3945 fails with microcode error Submitter : Johannes Berg Date : 2008-10-22 02:36 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122450235730661&w=4 Handled-By : Reinette Chatre Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11799 Subject : xorg can not start up with stolen memory Submitter : arrow zhang Date : 2008-10-21 06:08 (13 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11798 Subject : [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP] DRI fail on recent kernel updates Submitter : Gu Rui Date : 2008-10-21 04:28 (13 days old) Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11940 Subject : Unable to handle kernel paging request at iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic Submitter : Alexander Beregalov Date : 2008-11-01 14:23 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122554945922521&w=4 Handled-By : Hugh Dickins Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122556602913200&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11927 Subject : undefined reference to `save_stack_trace' Submitter : Alexey Dobriyan Date : 2008-10-31 16:57 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122547246401190&w=4 Handled-By : Al Viro Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122548268920986&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11925 Subject : cdrom: missing compat ioctls Submitter : Andreas Schwab Date : 2008-10-31 14:02 (3 days old) Handled-By : Andreas Schwab Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122548923531545&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11917 Subject : Asus Eee PC hotkeys stop working after prolonged usage Submitter : Alan Jenkins Date : 2008-10-31 03:21 (3 days old) Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=18558&action=view Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11911 Subject : new PCMCIA device instance after resume - orinoco can't download firmware Submitter : Andrey Borzenkov Date : 2008-10-28 19:19 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122522165719760&w=4 Handled-By : Dave Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122539058601588&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11903 Subject : regression: vmalloc easily fail Submitter : Glauber Costa Date : 2008-10-28 20:59 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122522755530998&w=4 Handled-By : Glauber Costa Nick Piggin Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122522755530998&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11895 Subject : 2.6.28-rc2 regression: keyboard dead after reboot on Toshiba Portege 4000 Submitter : Andrey Borzenkov Date : 2008-10-28 19:05 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=122522085418555&w=4 Handled-By : Andrey Borzenkov Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122547719810921&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11852 Subject : v2.6.28-rc1: Regression in ext3/jbd Submitter : Vegard Nossum Date : 2008-10-25 11:22 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493379905812&w=4 Handled-By : Hidehiro Kawai Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122510792614388&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122510828015045&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11847 Subject : 2.6.28-rc1 fails building on allnoconfig Submitter : Matt Mackall Date : 2008-10-24 17:09 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122487097728241&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=122485633732409&w=4 Handled-By : Fenghua Yu Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122487160129531&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11845 Subject : Suspend regression on Lenovo x60 Submitter : Jens Axboe Date : 2008-10-24 18:02 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-next&m=122487159829507&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122512449714310&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki Tomas Winkler Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122513311900482&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122518625308673&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11838 Subject : general protection fault:  from release_blocks_on_commit Submitter : Eric Paris Date : 2008-10-21 14:03 (13 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/21/248 Handled-By : Theodore Tso Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122516096811142&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11824 Subject : raw1394: possible deadlock if accessed by multithreaded app Submitter : Stefan Richter Date : 2008-10-25 02:08 (9 days old) Handled-By : Stefan Richter Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11824#c3 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 2.6.27, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11808 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. Thanks, Rafael