This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.26, 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 2.6.26, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2008-08-23 122 48 40 2008-08-16 103 47 37 2008-08-10 80 52 31 2008-08-02 47 31 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11414 Subject : Random crashes with 2.6.27-rc3 on PPC Submitter : Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-23 14:10 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121950076812616&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11410 Subject : SLUB list_lock vs obj_hash.lock... Submitter : Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-22 21:48 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121944176609042&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11407 Subject : suspend: unable to handle kernel paging request Submitter : Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 17:28 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121933974928881&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11406 Subject : patch "x86: MOVE PCI IO ECS code to x86/pci" breaks CPU hotplug Submitter : Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 12:59 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121932366326572&w=4 Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11405 Subject : 2.6.27-rc3 segfault on cold boot; not on warm boot. Submitter : David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 9:45 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121931198904777&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11404 Subject : BUG: in 2.6.23-rc3-git7 in do_cciss_intr Submitter : rdunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 5:52 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121929819616273&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121932889105368&w=4 Handled-By : Miller, Mike (OS Dev) <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11403 Subject : 2.6.27-rc2 USB suspend regression Submitter : Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-20 20:48 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121926536103630&w=4 Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11402 Subject : skbuff bug? Submitter : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 3:56 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121929102707658&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11401 Subject : pktcdvd: BUG, NULL pointer dereference in pkt_ioctl, bisected Submitter : Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-22 08:16 (2 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11398 Subject : hda_intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj. Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-21 17:17 (3 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11388 Subject : 2.6.27-rc3 warns about MTRR range; only 3 of 16gb of memory is usable Submitter : Joshua Hoblitt <j_kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-20 17:38 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11382 Subject : e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM Submitter : David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-08 10:47 (16 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121819267211679&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11380 Subject : lockdep warning: cpu_add_remove_lock at:cpu_maps_update_begin+0x14/0x16 Submitter : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-20 6:44 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121921480931970&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11379 Subject : char/tpm: tpm_infineon no longer loaded for HP 2510p laptop Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-18 13:40 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121906698213329&w=4 Handled-By : Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11357 Subject : Can not boot up with zd1211rw USB-Wlan Stick Submitter : uwe <kender@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-16 14:17 (8 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11356 Subject : Linux 2.6.27-rc3 - build failure: undefined reference to `.lockdep_count_forward_deps' Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-16 19:11 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121891396320127&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11355 Subject : Regression in 2.6.27-rc2 when cross-building the kernel Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-16 2:38 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121885432118368&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11354 Subject : AMD Elan regression with 2.6.27-rc3 Submitter : Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-15 18:37 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121882578430056&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11343 Subject : SATA Cold Boot Problems with 2.6.27-rc[23] on nVidia 680i Submitter : Manny Maxwell <mannymax@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-14 4:16 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121868782917600&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11342 Subject : Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected Submitter : Alan D. Brunelle <Alan.Brunelle@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-13 23:03 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121866876027629&w=4 Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11340 Subject : LTP overnight run resulted in unusable box Submitter : Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-13 9:24 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121861951902949&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11336 Subject : 2.6.27-rc2:stall while mounting root fs Submitter : Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-12 12:37 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121854484015909&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11335 Subject : 2.6.27-rc2-git5 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-12 4:18 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121851477201960&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/16/274 Handled-By : Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11334 Subject : myri10ge: use ioremap_wc: compilation failure on ARM Submitter : Martin Michlmayr <tbm@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-10 11:25 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121836771727632&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11308 Subject : tbench regression on each kernel release from 2.6.22 -> 2.6.28 Submitter : Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-11 18:36 (13 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121847986119495&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11282 Subject : Please fix x86 defconfig regression Submitter : Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-07 20:46 (17 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121814188805666&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11279 Subject : 2.6.27-rc0 Power Bugs with HP/Compaq Laptops Submitter : Matt Parnell <mparnell@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-07 14:57 (17 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121812108031685&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11272 Subject : BUG: parport_serial in 2.6.27-rc1 for NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Submitter : Jaswinder Singh <jaswinderlinux@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-05 15:12 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121794900319776&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11271 Subject : BUG: fealnx in 2.6.27-rc1 Submitter : Jaswinder Singh <jaswinderlinux@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-05 14:58 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121794762016830&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/10/98 Handled-By : Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11264 Subject : Invalid op opcode in kernel/workqueue Submitter : Jean-Luc Coulon <jean.luc.coulon@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-07 04:18 (17 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11237 Subject : corrupt PMD after resume Submitter : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-02 9:51 (22 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121767073424952&w=4 Handled-By : Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11230 Subject : Kconfig no longer outputs a .config with freshly updated defconfigs Submitter : Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-02 16:03 (22 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121769306319391&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11224 Subject : Only three cores found on quad-core machine. Submitter : Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-01 18:15 (23 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121761475224719&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11220 Subject : Screen stays black after resume Submitter : Nico Schottelius <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-31 21:05 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121753882422899&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11219 Subject : KVM modules break emergency reboot Submitter : Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-01 20:25 (23 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121762241105336&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11215 Subject : INFO: possible recursive locking detected ps2_command Submitter : Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-31 9:41 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121749737011637&w=4 Handled-By : Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11210 Subject : libata badness Submitter : Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-31 18:53 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=121753059307310&w=4 Handled-By : Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11209 Subject : 2.6.27-rc1 process time accounting Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-31 10:43 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121750102917490&w=4 Handled-By : Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11191 Subject : 2.6.26-git8: spinlock lockup in c1e_idle() Submitter : Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-24 03:22 (31 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/23/317 Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11141 Subject : no battery or DC status - Dell i1501 Submitter : Gu Rui <chaos.proton@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-21 19:43 (34 days old) Handled-By : Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11413 Subject : get_rtc_time() triggers NMI watchdog in hpet_rtc_interrupt() Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-23 9:48 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121948503224161&w=4 Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121950734922457&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11409 Subject : build issue #564 for v2.6.27-rc4 : undefined reference to `NS8390p_init' Submitter : Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-22 8:33 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121939410214677&w=4 Handled-By : Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121943097320451&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11361 Subject : my servers with nvidia mcp55 nic don't work with msi in second kernel by kexec Submitter : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-17 6:25 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121895439927053&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121917167232014&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11360 Subject : mpc8xxx_wdt.c doesn't build modular Submitter : Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-17 08:07 (7 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/12/465 Handled-By : Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/13/344 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 Subject : net: forcedeth call restore mac addr in nv_shutdown path Submitter : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-17 3:30 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121894389018584&w=4 Handled-By : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121894389018584&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11276 Subject : build error: CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y causes gcc 4.2 to do stupid things Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-08-06 17:18 (18 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121804329014332&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/22/353 Handled-By : Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/22/364 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11254 Subject : KVM: fix userspace ABI breakage Submitter : Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 21 Jul 2008 17:58:26 (0 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/21/197 Handled-By : Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/21/197 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11207 Subject : VolanoMark regression with 2.6.27-rc1 Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-07-31 3:20 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121747464114335&w=4 Handled-By : Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Miao Xie <miaox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121922991027344&w=4 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 2.6.26, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11167 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. Thanks, Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
