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 ---------------------------------------- 2009-08-26 108 33 26 2009-08-20 102 32 29 2009-08-10 89 27 24 2009-08-02 76 36 28 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=14060 Subject : oops: sysfs_remove_link and i915 Submitter : Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-22 5:48 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125092139113955&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14058 Subject : Oops in fsnotify Submitter : Grant Wilson <grant.wilson@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-20 15:48 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125078450923133&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14057 Subject : Strange network timeouts w/ e100 Submitter : Walt Holman <walt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-20 0:21 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125072831831443&w=4 Handled-By : Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14031 Subject : dvb_usb_af9015: Oops on hotplugging Submitter : Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-05 20:32 (21 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124949716608828&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14018 Subject : kernel freezes, inotify problem Submitter : Christoph Thielecke <christoph.thielecke@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-19 12:48 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125068616818353&w=4 Handled-By : Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14016 Subject : mm/ipw2200 regression Submitter : Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-15 16:56 (11 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125036437221408&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14015 Subject : pty regressed again, breaking expect and gcc's testsuite Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-14 23:41 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125029329805643&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14013 Subject : hd don't show up Submitter : Tim Blechmann <tim@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-14 8:26 (12 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125023842514480&w=4 Handled-By : Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14012 Subject : latest git fried my x86_64 imac Submitter : Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-13 07:20 (13 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125014080427090&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14011 Subject : Kernel paging request failed in kmem_cache_alloc Submitter : Matthias Dahl <ml_kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-10 22:26 (16 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124993603825082&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13987 Subject : Received NMI interrupt at resume Submitter : Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-15 07:55 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13950 Subject : Oops when USB Serial disconnected while in use Submitter : Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-08 17:47 (18 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124975432900466&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13943 Subject : WARNING: at net/mac80211/mlme.c:2292 with ath5k Submitter : Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-06 20:15 (20 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124958978600600&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13942 Subject : Troubles with AoE and uninitialized object Submitter : Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-04 10:12 (22 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124938117104811&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13941 Subject : x86 Geode issue Submitter : Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-03 12:58 (23 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124930434732481&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13940 Subject : iwlagn and sky2 stopped working, ACPI-related Submitter : Ricardo Jorge da Fonseca Marques Ferreira <storm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-07 22:33 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124968457731107&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13935 Subject : 2.6.31-rcX breaks Apple MightyMouse (Bluetooth version) Submitter : Adrian Ulrich <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-08 22:08 (18 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa047e4f6fa63a6e9d0ae4d7749538830d14a343 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13906 Subject : Huawei E169 GPRS connection causes Ooops Submitter : Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-04 09:02 (22 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13869 Subject : Radeon framebuffer (w/o KMS) corruption at boot. Submitter : Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-07-29 16:44 (28 days old) 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 (31 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124859658502866&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 (40 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124785853811667&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 (34 days old) 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 (35 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 (50 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 (51 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124690524027166&w=4 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 (70 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/17/194 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14062 Subject : Failure to boot as xen guest Submitter : Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-25 15:48 (1 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=83b519e8b9572c319c8e0c615ee5dd7272856090 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125121534229538&w=4 Handled-By : Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/43799/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14061 Subject : Crash due to buggy flat_phys_pkg_id Submitter : Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-24 18:26 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125114085701508&w=4 Handled-By : Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/43806/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14030 Subject : Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008, pty-related Submitter : Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-20 5:46 (6 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125074724623423&w=4 Handled-By : Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/43679/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14017 Subject : _end symbol missing from Symbol.map Submitter : Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-13 6:45 (13 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=091e52c3551d3031343df24b573b770b4c6c72b6 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125014649102253&w=4 Handled-By : Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125014649102253&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13960 Subject : rtl8187 not connect to wifi Submitter : okias <d.okias@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-10 19:16 (16 days old) Handled-By : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=22798 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13948 Subject : ath5k broken after suspend-to-ram Submitter : Johannes Stezenbach <js@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-07 21:51 (19 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124968192727854&w=4 Handled-By : Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38550/ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13947 Subject : Libertas: Association request to the driver failed Submitter : Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-08-07 19:11 (19 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=57921c312e8cef72ba35a4cfe870b376da0b1b87 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124967234311481&w=4 Handled-By : Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/43114/ 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
