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 <mroos@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-30 9:49 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122536026105643&w=4 Handled-By : Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11928 Subject : ath5k gets lost with eeepc-laptop removal Submitter : Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-31 13:05 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122545827204957&w=4 Handled-By : Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <deller@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-30 23:11 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122540833301394&w=4 Handled-By : Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11910 Subject : System doesn't restart Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> 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 <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> 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 <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <tytso@xxxxxxx> 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 <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <noodles@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-29 16:40 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122529846811013&w=4 Handled-By : Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <maekke@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <helge.hafting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <cloos@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-28 0:00 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122515210200530&w=4 Handled-By : Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxx 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 <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <vandrove@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-24 12:45 (10 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=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 (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 <pavel@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-19 21:40 (15 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=11828 Subject : Linux 2.6.27-git3: no SD card reader Submitter : J.A. Magallón <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-14 0:54 (20 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=11826 Subject : extreme slowness of IO stuff using 2.6.28-rc1 Submitter : Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (9 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 (12 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=11799 Subject : xorg can not start up with stolen memory Submitter : arrow zhang <arrow.ebd@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <chaos.proton@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-01 14:23 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122554945922521&w=4 Handled-By : Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-31 16:57 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122547246401190&w=4 Handled-By : Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <schwab@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-31 14:02 (3 days old) Handled-By : Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> 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 <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-31 03:21 (3 days old) Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx> 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 <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-28 19:19 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122522165719760&w=4 Handled-By : Dave <kilroyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-28 20:59 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122522755530998&w=4 Handled-By : Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx> Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> 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 <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-28 19:05 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=122522085418555&w=4 Handled-By : Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> 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 <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 11:22 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122493379905812&w=4 Handled-By : Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <rjw@xxxxxxx> Tomas Winkler <tomasw@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-21 14:03 (13 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/21/248 Handled-By : Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> 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 <stefan-r-bz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 02:08 (9 days old) Handled-By : Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- 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
