This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.28, 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 2.6.28, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2009-03-03 108 33 28 2009-02-24 95 32 24 2009-02-14 85 33 27 2009-02-08 82 45 36 2009-02-04 66 51 39 2009-01-20 38 35 27 2009-01-11 13 13 10 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12809 Subject : iozone regression with 2.6.29-rc6 Submitter : Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-27 9:13 (5 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1cf6e7d83bf334cc5916137862c920a97aabc018 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123572630504360&w=4 Handled-By : Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12808 Subject : Suspend regression with 2.6.29-rc Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-24 19:08 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123550257312112&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12806 Subject : i915 broken STR Submitter : Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-28 4:20 (4 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5669fcacc58bf3a7386057addffd280d75380858 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579487801064&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12805 Subject : QinQ vlan trunking regression Submitter : Bart Trojanowski <bart@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-28 18:05 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123584439115868&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12804 Subject : some tc commands fail Submitter : Joao Correia <joaomiguelcorreia@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-03-02 0:36 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123595420013357&w=4 Handled-By : Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12800 Subject : x86 PAT invalid vm_insert_pfn assumptions Submitter : Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-03-02 01:40 (2 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12792 Subject : 2.6.29-rc6-git4 boot failure Submitter : Sachin P. Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-27 23:19 (5 days old) References : http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2009-February/068771.html Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12778 Subject : regression from 29rc5 to 29rc6 Submitter : yury <urykhy@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-25 09:25 (7 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12771 Subject : Oops in i915_gem_flush Submitter : Kalev Lember <kalev@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-24 08:35 (8 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12769 Subject : 3D performance gets very choppy after suspend/resume cycle (intel video) Submitter : Michael <auslands-kv@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-23 23:36 (9 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12765 Subject : i915 VT switch with AIGLX causes X lock up Submitter : Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-21 15:38 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123523074304955&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12764 Subject : Can not ioremap virtual address for G33 hw status page Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-23 14:46 (9 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6fb88588555a18792a27f483887fe1f2af5f9c9b References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123540053219505&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12763 Subject : Different cpu MHz values for processor0 and processor1 Submitter : Matthew A. Bockol <mbockol@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-21 5:42 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123519687807246&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12758 Subject : ACPI exception with 2.6.29-rc6 Submitter : Heinz Diehl <htd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-23 16:46 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123540758700861&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12705 Subject : X200: Brightness broken since 2.6.29-rc4-58-g4c098bc Submitter : Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20090213@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-13 9:33 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123451768406825&w=4 Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12681 Subject : s2ram: fails to wake up on Acer Extensa 4220 (SMP disabled) Submitter : Orivej Desh <smpuj@xxxxx> Date : 2009-02-09 13:01 (23 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1cfe62c8010ac56e1bd3827e30386a87cc2f3594 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12680 Subject : Entropy pool problem Submitter : Valentin QUEQUET <v.quequet-techniques@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-09 09:12 (23 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12670 Subject : BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at pin_to_kill+0x21 Submitter : Alessandro Bono <alessandro.bono@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-08 11:04 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123409113223833&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12668 Subject : USB flash disk surprise disconnect Submitter : Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-08 10:21 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123408851821292&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12574 Subject : possible circular locking dependency detected Submitter : Michael S. Tsirkin <m.s.tsirkin@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-29 11:35 (34 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/9/205 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12501 Subject : build bug in eeepc-laptop.c Submitter : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-14 17:25 (49 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/14/315 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12499 Subject : Problem with using bluetooth adaper connected to usb port Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-13 18:34 (50 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123187185426236&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12497 Subject : new barrier warnings in 2.6.29-rc1 Submitter : Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-12 15:46 (51 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123177528217154&w=4 Handled-By : Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12490 Subject : ath5k related kernel panic in 2.6.29-rc1 Submitter : Sergey S. Kostyliov <rathamahata@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-12 7:38 (51 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123174591509586&w=4 Handled-By : Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12444 Subject : X hangs following switch from radeonfb console - Bisected Submitter : Graham Murray <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-13 14:03 (50 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c1c2871a6a3a114853ec6836e9035ac1c0c7f7a Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12419 Subject : possible circular locking dependency on i915 dma Submitter : Wang Chen <wangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-08 14:11 (55 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=546b0974c39657017407c86fe79811100b60700d References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123142399720125&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12418 Subject : Repeated ioctl(4, 0x40046445, ..) loop in glxgears Submitter : Pallipadi, Venkatesh <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-07 22:43 (56 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c1c2871a6a3a114853ec6836e9035ac1c0c7f7a References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123136836213319&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12414 Subject : iwl4965 cannot use "ap auto" on latest 2.6.28/29? Submitter : Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-05 4:13 (58 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123112882127823&w=4 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12811 Subject : undefined reference to `physmap_set_partitions' on powerpc Submitter : Rogério Brito <rbrito@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-03-02 9:43 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123598702511826&w=4 Handled-By : Rogério Brito <rbrito@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123606933628020&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12762 Subject : Disk errors loop forever in 2.6.29 Submitter : Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-19 13:53 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b60af5b0adf0da24c673598c8d3fb4d4189a15ce References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123505185407604&w=4 Handled-By : James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123508030726900&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12761 Subject : Bonding tied to IPV6 in 29-rc5 Submitter : J.A. Magallón <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-17 8:52 (15 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123486078219980&w=4 Handled-By : Brian Haley <brian.haley@xxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123517631120945&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12671 Subject : uvc_status_cleanup(): undefined reference to `input_unregister_device' Submitter : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-02-08 14:58 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123410529909318&w=4 Handled-By : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/15/172 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12667 Subject : Badness at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:98 in pmud (timekeeping_suspended) Submitter : Paul Collins <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-01-21 7:15 (42 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1c5745aa380efb6417b5681104b007c8612fb496 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123252215315106&w=4 Handled-By : Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/16/78 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 2.6.28, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12398 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