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 ---------------------------------------- 2008-11-09 73 40 27 2008-11-02 55 41 29 2008-10-25 26 25 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11996 Subject : Tracing framework regression in 2.6.28-rc3 Submitter : Pekka Paalanen <pq@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-09 10:13 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122624392229317&w=4 Handled-By : Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11994 Subject : Computer doesn't power down after commit CPI: EC: do transaction from interrupt context Submitter : François Valenduc <francois.valenduc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-09 02:02 (1 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ceb40417bca2045350e77f740e0c4c94875fff2 Handled-By : ykzhao <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11989 Subject : Suspend failure on NForce4-based boards due to chanes in stop_machine Submitter : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-03 0:28 (7 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c9583e55fa2b08a230c549bd1e3c0bde6c50d9cc References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122567187604356&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11987 Subject : Bootup time regression from 2.6.27 to 2.6.28-rc3+ Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-04 17:33 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122582006601658&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11986 Subject : 2.6.28-rc2-git1: spitz still won't boot Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-05 14:23 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122589528016337&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11984 Subject : regression when switching TTY->X, input related? Submitter : Bernhard Schmidt <berni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-05 22:04 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122592278403853&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11970 Subject : gettimeofday return a old time in mmbench Submitter : alexs <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-06 23:57 (4 days old) Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11965 Subject : regression introduced by - timers: fix itimer/many thread hang Submitter : Doug Chapman <doug.chapman@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-06 11:03 (4 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f06febc96ba8e0af80bcc3eaec0a109e88275fac References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122596943416648&w=4 Handled-By : Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@xxxxxxxxxx> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11958 Subject : [2.6.27.x => 2.6.28-rc3] Xorg crash with xf86MapVidMem error Submitter : Tomasz Chmielewski <tch@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-05 05:37 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11947 Subject : 2.6.28-rc VC switching with Intel graphics broken Submitter : Romano Giannetti <romano.giannetti@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-03 12:10 (7 days old) Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (10 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 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cb8f488c33539f096580e202f5438a809195008f References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122540833301394&w=4 Handled-By : Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c493756e2a8a78bcaae30668317890dcfe86e7c3 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 (11 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 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fb02fbc14d17837b4b7b02dbb36142c16a7bf208 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=11899 Subject : sometime boot failed on T61 laptop Submitter : alexs <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-30 02:04 (11 days old) Handled-By : Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11896 Subject : [2.6.28-rc2] EeePC ACPI errors & exceptions Submitter : Darren Salt <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-27 22:52 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122514911328761&w=4 Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@xxxxxxxxx> Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> 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 (12 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a3e67a4caac273a3bfc4ced3da364830b1ab241 Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b1ee26bab14886350ba12a5c10cbc0696ac679bf 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 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4c46501d1659475dc6c89554af6ce7fe6ecf615c Handled-By : Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> 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 (15 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=242f9dcb8ba6f68fcd217a119a7648a4f69290e9 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122501447326698&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 (17 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=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 (22 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 (27 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 (16 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dc4304f7deee29fcdf6a2b62f7146ea7f505fd42 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 (16 days old) Handled-By : Robert Moore <Robert.Moore@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 (20 days old) Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11988 Subject : Eliminate recursive mutex in compat fb ioctl path Submitter : Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-03 7:06 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122569604828448&w=4 Handled-By : Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx> Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122569604828448&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/31/162 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11985 Subject : 2.6.28-rc3 truncates nfsd results Submitter : Doug Nazar <nazard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-04 18:27 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122582366509153&w=4 Handled-By : Doug Nazar <nazard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122592648119790&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11982 Subject : Fan level 7 after resume wit 2.6.28-rc3 Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-05 7:33 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122587043409186&w=4 Handled-By : Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=18744&action=view Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11942 Subject : AMD64 reboot regression Submitter : Michael B. Trausch <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-02 20:30 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122565790519736&w=4 Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11942#c11 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 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122536026105643&w=4 Handled-By : Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/1/61 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 (10 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=33c2dca4957bd0da3e1af7b96d0758d97e708ef6 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 (10 days old) Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=122603281422097&w=4 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 (13 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 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=db64fe02258f1507e13fe5212a989922323685ce References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122522755530998&w=4 Handled-By : Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx> Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122609055221549&w=4 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 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f0c0a376d0fcd4c5579ecf5e95f88387cba85211 Handled-By : James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11898#c28 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 (13 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=11841 Subject : plenty of line "ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode" in dmesg and system not powering down Submitter : François Valenduc <francois.valenduc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-25 10:29 (16 days old) Handled-By : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=122603281922125&w=4 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 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122450235730661&w=4 Handled-By : Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122583010822172&w=2 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
