This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.30, 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 2.6.30, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2009-07-27 70 51 43 2009-07-07 35 25 21 2009-06-29 22 22 15 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13848 Subject : iwlwifi (4965) regression since 2.6.30 Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-26 7:57 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124859658502866&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13847 Subject : X stopped accepting keystrokes Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-14 9:24 (13 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124756352426737&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13846 Subject : Possible regression in rt61pci driver Submitter : Chris Clayton <chris2553@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-13 8:27 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124747418828398&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13845 Subject : inotify regression, missing events Submitter : Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-11 16:02 (16 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124732816314881&w=4 Handled-By : Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13844 Subject : i915 errors Submitter : Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-25 9:30 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124851427612720&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13843 Subject : Linux-2.6.31-rc4 fails to open a USB serial port Submitter : e9hack <e9hack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-25 9:16 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124851343512022&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13842 Subject : Oops when writing to /sys/block/ram0/queue/max_sectors_kb Submitter : Jens Rosenboom <jens@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-23 15:30 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124836574403032&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13841 Subject : 2.6.31-rc4 boot failure Submitter : Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-23 14:12 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124835839019906&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13839 Subject : xc5000 no longer works with Myth-0.21-fixes branch Submitter : Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-19 15:15 (8 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124814394016848&w=4 Handled-By : Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13838 Subject : kernel BUG at include/net/netns/generic.h:41! Submitter : Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-20 15:27 (7 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/105 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13837 Subject : Input : regression - touchpad not detected Submitter : Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-17 07:13 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124780763701571&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13836 Subject : suspend script fails, related to stdout? Submitter : Tomas M. <tmezzadra@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-17 21:24 (10 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124785853811667&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13835 Subject : e1000e massive packet loss Submitter : Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-16 09:49 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124773057917887&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13833 Subject : Kernel Oops when trying to suspend with ubifs mounted on block2mtd mtd device Submitter : Tobias Diedrich <ranma@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-15 14:20 (12 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15bce40cb3133bcc07d548013df97e4653d363c1 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124766049207807&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124704927819769&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13826 Subject : thinkpad boots with backlight low Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-15 15:13 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124756359126830&w=4 Handled-By : Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13821 Subject : Replugging USB serial converter uses new device node Submitter : Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-18 20:04 (9 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124794754015776&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13819 Subject : system freeze when switching to console Submitter : Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-23 17:57 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13815 Subject : emacs -nw compilation doesn't show the error message Submitter : Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-23 06:22 (4 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d945cb9cce20ac7143c2de8d88b187f62db99bdc Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13813 Subject : Hangups in n_tty_read() Submitter : Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-16 18:48 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124777019920579&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13812 Subject : Ooops on uplug Submitter : Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-20 17:51 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124811234302786&w=4 Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13809 Subject : oprofile: possible circular locking dependency detected Submitter : Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-22 13:35 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13806 Subject : system does not boot due to device-mapper error Submitter : Roman Shtylman <shtylman@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-21 00:03 (6 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13781 Subject : System freeze at resume after suspend to RAM Submitter : Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-15 18:42 (12 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13770 Subject : System freeze on XFS filesystem recovery on an external disk Submitter : Jean-Luc Coulon <jean.luc.coulon@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-14 10:31 (13 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13762 Subject : AHCI on HP Compaq 6715s broken, did not detect slots/ports -> unable to boot Submitter : Matthias Tingelhoff <mindo83@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-11 20:48 (16 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13750 Subject : Load average flatlines after returning from hibernate Submitter : Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-09 15:14 (18 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13740 Subject : X server crashes with 2.6.31-rc2 when options are changed Submitter : Michael S. Tsirkin <m.s.tsirkin@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-07 15:19 (20 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13733 Subject : 2.6.31-rc2: irq 16: nobody cared Submitter : Niel Lambrechts <niel.lambrechts@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-06 18:32 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124690524027166&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13732 Subject : tty layer instabilities Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-06 13:43 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124688781732419&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13731 Subject : Inconsistent {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} -> {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} usage. Submitter : Miles Lane <miles.lane@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-06 4:22 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124685417325348&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13730 Subject : hitting lockdep limits... Submitter : Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-05 18:19 (22 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124681799023782&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13729 Subject : kernel BUG at fs/notify/notification.c:93! Submitter : Mikko C. <mikko.cal@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-04 10:16 (53 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/4/12 Handled-By : Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13728 Subject : 2.6.31-rc2 soft lockups, RPC-related Submitter : Paul Collins <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-05 7:17 (22 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124677884816794&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13726 Subject : fio sync read 4k block size 35% regression Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-01 11:25 (26 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=51daa88ebd8e0d437289f589af29d4b39379ea76 References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/30/679 Handled-By : Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13716 Subject : The AIC-7892P controller does not work any more Submitter : Andrej Podzimek <andrej@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-05 19:23 (22 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13713 Subject : [drm/i915] Possible regression due to commit "Change GEM throttling to be 20ms (...)" Submitter : <kazikcz@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-05 10:49 (22 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b962442e46a9340bdbc6711982c59ff0cc2b5afb Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13709 Subject : b2c2-flexcop: no frontend driver found for this B2C2/FlexCop adapter w/ kernel-2.6.31-rc2 Submitter : boris64 <bugzilla.kernel.org@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-05 01:36 (22 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13700 Subject : usb error flood in dmesg, makes kde use plenty of cpu - bisected Submitter : jouni susiluoto <jouni.susiluoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-03 21:13 (24 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13667 Subject : drm: display arifacts when X.Org is stopped Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-27 18:52 (30 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/105 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/8/30 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13666 Subject : WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:1743 __alloc_pages_nodemask Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-27 16:15 (30 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/75 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/7/6 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13657 Subject : Linux-2.6.31-rc1 Fails To Recognize Some USB Disks Submitter : Tarkan Erimer <tarkan.erimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-26 10:03 (31 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3821d768912a47ddbd6cab52943a8284df88003c References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/34 Handled-By : Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13656 Subject : 2.6.31-rc1 crashes randomly on my Machine. Submitter : Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-26 08:56 (31 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/27 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13645 Subject : NULL pointer dereference at (null) (level2_spare_pgt) Submitter : poornima nayak <mpnayak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-17 17:56 (40 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/17/194 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13840 Subject : KMS oops on 945G system Submitter : Diego Calleja <diegocg@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-21 20:50 (6 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7662c8bd6545c12ac7b2b39e4554c3ba34789c50 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124820945815030&w=4 Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/anholt/drm-intel.git;a=commit;h=dff33cfcefa31c30b72c57f44586754ea9e8f3e2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13834 Subject : device mapper fails on some logical volumes Submitter : Christian Bornträger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-15 18:52 (12 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=754c5fc7ebb417b23601a6222a6005cc2e7f2913 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124767677206470&w=4 Handled-By : Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/33534/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13827 Subject : PM/hibernate swapfile regression Submitter : Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-14 15:54 (13 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124757972118196&w=4 Handled-By : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/36510/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13825 Subject : eeepc-laptop: fix hot-unplug on resume Submitter : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-29 13:12 (28 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/150 Handled-By : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32926/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13742 Subject : iwlagn (4965): regression when hardware rf switch is used Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-29 11:28 (28 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/88 Handled-By : Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/30/224 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13665 Subject : commit 69c854817566 causes OOMs Submitter : David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-27 08:12 (30 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69c854817566db82c362797b4a6521d0b00fe1d8 References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/28 Handled-By : Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32740/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13659 Subject : iwlagn (4965): no wireless due to RFKILL problem Submitter : Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-26 13:36 (31 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/127 Handled-By : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/35 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13643 Subject : Touchpad lost synchronization after resume from suspend to RAM Submitter : Cijoml Cijomlovic Cijomlov <cijoml@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-06-28 10:42 (29 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/23/365 2.6.30-rc1: touchpad disabled http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/25/256 Handled-By : Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/34075/ 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 2.6.30, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13615 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-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
