2.6.37-rc8: Reported regressions from 2.6.36

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.36,
for which there are no fixes in the mainline known to the tracking team.
If any of them have been fixed already, please let us know.

If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.36, please let us
know either and we'll add them to the list. Also, please let us 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
-
2010-12-30 85 32 26
2010-12-19 73 28 24
2010-12-03 55 25 19
2010-11-19 39 29 25


Unresolved regressions
-

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%842
Subject : thinkpad T410s intel i915 regression
Submitter : Travis Hume <travis@computoring.org>
Date : 2010-12-29 18:21 (1 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%822
Subject : [BUG] kernel BUG at mm/truncate.c:479! on 2.6.37-rc8
Submitter : Gurudas Pai <gurudas.pai@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-12-29 6:58 (1 days old)
Message-ID : <4D1AD935.1020504@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9360511222037&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%812
Subject : 2.6.37-rc7: Regression: b43: crashes in hwrng_register()
Submitter : Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe <Mario.Holbe@tu-ilmenau.de>
Date : 2010-12-28 13:32 (2 days old)
Message-ID : <slrnihjpnh.7t4.Mario.Holbe@darkside.dyn.samba-tng.org>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9354319002301&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%602
Subject : [regression] 2.6.37-rc5: scsi_eh_11 CPU loop
Submitter : Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
Date : 2010-12-20 10:05 (10 days old)
Message-ID : <201012201105.08993.Martin@lichtvoll.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9283954108331&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%432
Subject : Alpha fails to build with gcc 4.4
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date : 2010-12-22 01:55 (8 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%402
Subject : kernel (2.6.37-8-generic_amd64) panic on boot (with message "map_single: bounce buffer is not DMA'ble) - possible regression !!!
Submitter : carlos <carlos.palma@ono.com>
Date : 2010-12-21 19:58 (9 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%392
Subject : scsi_eh_11 CPU loop
Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Date : 2010-08-18 6:18 (134 days old)
Message-ID : <1282112318.21202.8.camel@ymzhang.sh.intel.com>
References : http://marc.info/?t9283967100004&r=1&w=2
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/20/52


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$882
Subject : PM/Hibernate: Memory corruption patch introduces regression (2.6.36.2)
Submitter : <akwatts@ymail.com>
Date : 2010-12-14 04:00 (16 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$822
Subject : Embedded DisplayPort is detected wrongly on HP ProBook 5320m
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date : 2010-12-13 11:09 (17 days old)
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$772
Subject : Crash with btrfs rootfs on dm-crypt [ kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/inode.c:806! ] on linux 2.6.37-rc5
Submitter : Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-12-10 20:30 (20 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTi=j9zsaYNcu=NgGV=HfE-3rNHzVswov8VrgwjQp@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9201308706568&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$762
Subject : BUG at perf_ctx_adjust_freq (kernel/perf_event.c:1582)
Submitter : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date : 2010-12-10 12:00 (20 days old)
Message-ID : <c6d829$pqibha@fmsmga001.fm.intel.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9198247531612&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$592
Subject : 2.6.37-rc5: NULL pointer oops in selinux_socket_unix_stream_connect
Submitter : Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Date : 2010-12-08 21:09 (22 days old)
Message-ID : <4CFFF3F3.90100@goop.org>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9184256629712&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$582
Subject : Kernel Oops at tty_buffer_request_room when using pppd program (2.6.37-rc4)
Submitter : baoyb <baoyb@avit.org.cn>
Date : 2010-12-08 13:55 (22 days old)
Message-ID : <EF6DDE218DB34702B1FA84D6CD7EA771@baoyb>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9181763525738&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$372
Subject : kdump broken on 2.6.37-rc4
Submitter : Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Date : 2010-12-03 11:16 (27 days old)
Message-ID : <20101203111623.GA2741@redhat.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9137502323003&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$362
Subject : perf hw in kexeced kernel broken in tip
Submitter : Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Date : 2010-12-01 8:00 (29 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/33c6d6a...af072a05a0
Message-ID : <4CF60095.1020900@kernel.org>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9119055922065&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id$272
Subject : iotop reports insane per-process disk read/write statistics
Submitter : Brian Rogers <brian@xyzw.org>
Date : 2010-12-03 12:00 (27 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/8589312...5fceac978e


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id#902
Subject : [BUG] 2.6.37-rc3 massive interactivity regression on ARM
Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
Date : 2010-11-27 15:16 (33 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/305e683...8ecb63743c
Message-ID : <<19697.8378.717761.236202@pilspetsen.it.uu.se>>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9087098911837&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id#472
Subject : 2.6.37-rc2 vs. 2.6.36 laptop backlight changes?
Submitter : Patrick Schaaf <netdev@bof.de>
Date : 2010-11-17 13:41 (43 days old)
Message-ID : <1290001262.5727.2.camel@lat1>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m9000127920912&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id#102
Subject : [bisected] i915 regression in post 2.6.36 kernels
Submitter : Johannes Hirte <johannes.hirte@fem.tu-ilmenau.de>
Date : 2010-11-10 7:02 (50 days old)
Message-ID : <201011100802.20332.johannes.hirte@fem.tu-ilmenau.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8937310017057&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"942
Subject : [2.6.37-rc1, OOM] virtblk: OOM in do_virtblk_request()
Submitter : Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Date : 2010-11-05 1:30 (55 days old)
Message-ID : <20101105013003.GE13830@dastard>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8892062917641&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"912
Subject : spi_lm70llp module crash on unload (2.6.37-rc1)
Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-11-05 0:16 (55 days old)
Message-ID : <20101104171620.00d8c95d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8891627913647&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"882
Subject : (2.6.37-rc1) amd64-agp module crashed on second load
Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-11-05 0:13 (55 days old)
Message-ID : <20101104171333.fea1f498.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8891605213447&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"642
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: Disk takes 10 seconds to resume - MacBook2,1
Submitter : Tobias <devnull@plzk.org>
Date : 2010-11-10 19:33 (50 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"562
Subject : Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 - logs spammed with "unable to enumerate USB port" - bisected to commit 3df7169e
Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date : 2010-11-02 22:32 (58 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3df7169...6840cdf52b
Message-ID : <4CD09166.4060202@lwfinger.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8873713207906&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"542
Subject : [2.6.37-rc1] drm:i195 errors
Submitter : Paul Rolland <rol@witbe.net>
Date : 2010-11-02 14:58 (58 days old)
Message-ID : <20101102155813.09cb2c6e@tux.DEF.witbe.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8870991628970&w=2


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"472
Subject : vga_switcheroo fails to switch from intel to ati
Submitter : Radu Andries <admiral0@tuxfamily.org>
Date : 2010-11-08 16:46 (52 days old)


Regressions with patches


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%442
Subject : ixp4xx defines FREQ macro; conflicts with gspca/ov519 driver
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date : 2010-12-22 02:02 (8 days old)
Handled-By : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?idA252


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%422
Subject : nouveau fails to build on ia64
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date : 2010-12-22 01:49 (8 days old)
Handled-By : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?idA242


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id%012
Subject : BUG: i915 causes NULL pointer dereference in 2.6.37-rc5-git4
Submitter : Tõnu Raitviir <jussuf@linux.ee>
Date : 2010-12-15 12:48 (15 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/da79de9...3eac15ec9c
Message-ID : <alpine.DEB.2.00.1012151238570.4797@jbbyvx.ohzcpyho.rr>
References : http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-de...06282.html
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?idA502


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"812
Subject : kernel oops on 2.6.37-rc1
Submitter : Andrew <atswartz@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-12 16:05 (48 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/a68c439...6792312726
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?idA192


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"672
Subject : Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 for Intel 945 Graphics Adapter - bisected to commit e9e331a
Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date : 2010-11-11 01:56 (49 days old)
References : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id1803
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m8944001311444&w=2
http://www.mail-archive.com/intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg02235.html
Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/359472/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/359502/


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug...d"662
Subject : divide error in select_task_rq_fair()
Submitter : Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@hp.com>
Date : 2010-11-10 23:58 (50 days old)
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/176
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/181


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 2.6.36,
unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id!782

Please let the tracking team know if there are any Bugzilla entries that
should be added to the list in there.

Thanks!

To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/