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 ---------------------------------------- 2008-10-25 26 25 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- 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 <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 17:14 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122495490201663&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11853 Subject : Random problems with 2.6.28-rc1-git1 Submitter : Mikko C. <mikko.cal@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 14:53 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122494643521893&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 <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 11:22 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493379905812&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 <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-24 12:45 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122485245924125&w=4 Handled-By : Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> Scott Wood <scottwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11848 Subject : 2.6.28-rc1: NCQ devices connected to PMP are still dead Submitter : Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 11:17 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493470907259&w=4 Handled-By : Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11845 Subject : Suspend regression on Lenovo x60 Submitter : Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-24 18:02 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-next&m=122487159829507&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> 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 <francois.valenduc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 10:29 (1 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11838 Subject : general protection fault: from release_blocks_on_commit Submitter : Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-21 14:03 (5 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/21/248 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11835 Subject : 2.6.27-git8: max1111_read_channel and corgi_ssp_ads7846_putget missing Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-20 12:10 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122450475101945&w=4 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 <pavel@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-19 21:40 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122445440206101&w=4 Handled-By : reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11833 Subject : 2.6.27-git8 compile error in drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c Submitter : Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-19 18:17 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122444027920472&w=4 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 <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-14 0:54 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122394573904699&w=4 Handled-By : Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11827 Subject : suspend broken on powerbook5,6 Submitter : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 05:07 (1 days old) 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 <corsac@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 04:25 (1 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11824 Subject : raw1394: possible deadlock if accessed by multithreaded app Submitter : Stefan Richter <stefan-r-bz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 02:08 (1 days old) 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 <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 01:26 (1 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11806 Subject : iwl3945 fails with microcode error Submitter : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-22 02:36 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122450235730661&w=4 Handled-By : Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11805 Subject : mounting XFS produces a segfault Submitter : Tiago Maluta <maluta_tiago@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-21 18:00 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11799 Subject : xorg can not start up with stolen memory Submitter : arrow zhang <arrow.ebd@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-21 06:08 (5 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 <chaos.proton@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-21 04:28 (5 days old) Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11851 Subject : wmifinfo dockapp takes 100% of cpu Submitter : Carlos R. Mafra <crmafra2@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 9:40 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122492763030453&w=4 Handled-By : Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122496409612709&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 <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-24 17:09 (2 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 <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122487160129531&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11846 Subject : commit a802dd0e breaks console keyboard input Submitter : walt <w41ter@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-24 0:09 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122480701528944&w=4 Handled-By : Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122487763507703&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11844 Subject : ext3: fix ext3_dx_readdir hash collision handling Submitter : Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 11:56 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493582908742&w=4 Handled-By : Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493582908742&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11825 Subject : appletouch broken Submitter : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 03:55 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122433436930451&w=4 Handled-By : Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122442584100873&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 2.6.27, 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
