2007-06-21 16:36:26

by Michal Piotrowski

Subject: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches v2

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc5
with patches available.

Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions

(BTW. There is a new category called "Will be fixed in 2.6.23")



Unclassified

Subject : Device hang when offlining a CPU due to IRQ misrouting
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/31/419
Submitter : Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>
Handled-By : Siddha, Suresh B <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/19/422
Status : patch available

Subject : long freezes on thinkpad t60
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/100
Submitter : Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/16/81
Status : patch was suggested



FBDEV

Subject : mach64 breakage in 2.6.22
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/14/73
Submitter : Olaf Hering <[email protected]>
Handled-By : Ville Syrj?l? <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/14/273
Status : patch was suggested



HWMON

Subject : latest coretemp changes break s2ram
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/16/173
Submitter : Soeren Sonnenburg <[email protected]>
Caused-By : Rudolf Marek <[email protected]>
commit 67f363b1f6a31cf5027a97372f64bcced4f05ba6
Handled-By : Jean Delvare <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/16/177
Status : patch available



Regards,
Michal

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2007-06-21 18:19:29

by Linus Torvalds

Subject: Re: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches v2

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
>
> Subject : long freezes on thinkpad t60
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/100
> Submitter : Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
> Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/16/81
> Status : patch was suggested

This one is fixed, and tested by Miklos. It's commit fa490cfd15: "Fix
possible runqueue lock starvation in wait_task_inactive()".

Linus

2007-06-21 20:23:32

by Michal Piotrowski

Subject: Re: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches v2

Linus Torvalds pisze:
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
>> Subject : long freezes on thinkpad t60
>> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/100
>> Submitter : Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
>> Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
>> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/16/81
>> Status : patch was suggested
>
> This one is fixed, and tested by Miklos. It's commit fa490cfd15: "Fix
> possible runqueue lock starvation in wait_task_inactive()".

Thanks for the information.

BTW. Bj?rn noticed that I accidentally removed this regression.

Subject : OProfile issues
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/12/207
Submitter : Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Handled-By : Bj?rn Steinbrink <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/12/392
Status : patch was suggested


Regards,
Michal

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