2007-09-12 17:02:03

by Michal Piotrowski

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Subject: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.23-rc6
with patches available.

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

List of Aces

Name Regressions fixed since 21-Jun-2007
Adrian Bunk 10
Linus Torvalds 6
Alan Stern 5
Andi Kleen 5
Hugh Dickins 5
Trond Myklebust 5
Andrew Morton 4
Al Viro 3
Alexey Starikovskiy 3
Cornelia Huck 3
David S. Miller 3
Jens Axboe 3
Stephen Hemminger 3
Tejun Heo 3



Unclassified

Subject : Oops while modprobing phy fixed module
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/14/63
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Gabriel C <[email protected]>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : Satyam Sharma <[email protected]>
Vitaly Bordug <[email protected]>
Patch1 : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/18/506
Status : patch available



Drivercore

Subject : sysfs change of input/event devices in 2.6.23rc breaks udev
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/8/86
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Anssi Hannula <[email protected]>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/10/3
Status : patch available



MTD

Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf F?rster <[email protected]>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : ?
Patch : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
Status : patch available



Networking

Subject : 2.6.23-rc5: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/2/97
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Christian Kujau <[email protected]>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : jamal <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/159
Status : patch available



USB

Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf F?rster <[email protected]>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
Status : patch available



Regards,
Michal

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2007-09-12 17:09:00

by David Woodhouse

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Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 18:59 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> MTD
>
> Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
> Last known good : ?
> Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>
> Caused-By : ?
> Handled-By : ?
> Patch : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
> Status : patch available

Didn't you already _drop_ this from your list of regressions once?

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2007-09-12 17:12:54

by Adrian Bunk

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Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 06:59:14PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.23-rc6
> with patches available.
>...
> MTD
>
> Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
> Last known good : ?
> Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>
> Caused-By : ?
> Handled-By : ?
> Patch : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
> Status : patch available

Not a regression, and simply a pointless configuration.

>...
> USB
>
> Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
> Last known good : ?
> Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>
> Caused-By : ?
> Handled-By : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
> Status : patch available

Not a 2.6.23-rc regression (but IMHO the patch should be safe enough
for 2.6.23).

> Regards,
> Michal

cu
Adrian

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2007-09-12 17:25:14

by Michal Piotrowski

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Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

On 12/09/2007, David Woodhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 18:59 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > MTD
> >
> > Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
> > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
> > Last known good : ?
> > Submitter : Toralf F?rster <[email protected]>
> > Caused-By : ?
> > Handled-By : ?
> > Patch : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
> > Status : patch available
>
> Didn't you already _drop_ this from your list of regressions once?

Yeah :)

removed.

>
> --
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>
>

Regards,
Michal

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2007-09-12 17:35:31

by Michal Piotrowski

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Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

On 12/09/2007, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 06:59:14PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
[..]
> > USB
> >
> > Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
> > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
> > Last known good : ?
> > Submitter : Toralf F?rster <[email protected]>
> > Caused-By : ?
> > Handled-By : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> > Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
> > Status : patch available
>
> Not a 2.6.23-rc regression

Ok, I removed it from the list.

> (but IMHO the patch should be safe enough
> for 2.6.23).
>
> cu
> Adrian
>

Regards,
Michal

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