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 ---------------------------------------- 2008-11-22 93 25 15 2008-11-16 89 32 18 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=12064 Subject : [regression] Measured 688 cycles TSC warp; marking TSC unstable Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-16 19:27:43 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122686370308852&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12061 Subject : snd_hda_intel: power_save: sound cracks on powerdown Submitter : Jens Weibler <bugzilla-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-18 12:07 (5 days old) Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12034 Subject : snd-hda-intel on Realtek ALC268 chip shows only Master volume (for playback) Submitter : Sergey <azure@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-15 04:20 (8 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12031 Subject : DRM enabled kernel hangs hard on resume on x60 Submitter : Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-12 18:42 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122651551216820&w=4 Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12028 Subject : i915 DRM is broken in 2.6.28-rc4 Submitter : Adam Tkac <vonsch@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-14 01:50 (9 days old) 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 (14 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=11970 Subject : gettimeofday return a old time in mmbench Submitter : alexs <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-06 23:57 (17 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ebcf8285df28f32fd2d1c19a7166e70f00309c Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (17 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 (18 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 (20 days old) Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 (24 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=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 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122534879721424&w=4 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 (28 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 (30 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122485245924125&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 (40 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122394573904699&w=4 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12082 Subject : IRQ and MSI allocations broken without sparse irq Submitter : Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-20 19:48 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122721060501073&w=4 Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122722773824802&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12081 Subject : xen: pin correct PGD on suspend Submitter : Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-21 10:21 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122726293324850&w=4 Handled-By : Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122726293324850&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12047 Subject : ACPI toshiba: only register rfkill if bt is enabled Submitter : Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-28 19:10 (26 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122522113619025&w=2 Handled-By : Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122526843117478&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12038 Subject : Suspend regression in stable kernel 2.6.27.4 on Mac mini Core Duo Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-09 20:28 (14 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=66036f5862883fcc9f7ff8550685a5a3de1a57e4 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122626258429689&w=4 Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122661443120581&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12020 Subject : scsi_times_out NULL pointer dereference Submitter : Bernd Schubert <bs@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-11-13 10:30 (10 days old) Handled-By : James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12020#c4 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 (18 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=11925 Subject : cdrom: missing compat ioctls Submitter : Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-31 14:02 (23 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=11898 Subject : mke2fs hang on AIC79 device. Submitter : alexs <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2008-10-30 01:17 (24 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> Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11898#c28 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11898#c36 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 (26 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 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/10/12 Handled-By : Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/10/12 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 (29 days old) Handled-By : Robert Moore <Robert.Moore@xxxxxxxxx> Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=18949&action=view 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
