2009-11-16 23:12:36

by Rafael J. Wysocki

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Subject: 2.6.32-rc7-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31

This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and
2.6.31, 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 introduced between 2.6.30
and 2.6.31, 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
----------------------------------------
2009-11-17 176 34 30
2009-10-26 170 37 32
2009-10-12 161 45 35
2009-10-02 151 49 42
2009-09-06 123 34 27
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=14623
Subject : Mount -o sync regression in 2.6.31
Submitter : Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-11-11 20:33 (6 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125797165709131&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14588
Subject : Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ccccb5b0
Submitter : Hideki Yamane <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-11-12 02:25 (5 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14484
Subject : no video output after suspend
Submitter : Riccardo Magliocchetti <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-25 20:57 (23 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125650430123713&w=4
Handled-By : Jesse Barnes <[email protected]>


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14476
Subject : Unable to handle kernel paging request in nfs_write_mapping
Submitter : Stephan von Krawczynski <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-14 9:53 (34 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125551421405656&w=4
Handled-By : Trond Myklebust <[email protected]>


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14474
Subject : restorecond going crazy on 2.6.31.4 - inotify regression?
Submitter : Robert Hancock <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-16 0:03 (32 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125565159520489&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14460
Subject : No wireless connection with Ralink RT2500 since update to kernel 2.6.31
Submitter : Filipp Andjelo <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-24 21:18 (24 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14450
Subject : [2.6.31] Network interfaces are dead with 2.6.31 (iwlagn and sky2)
Submitter : A. G. <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-21 07:30 (27 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14448
Subject : PAT cpu feature is absent but detected by Xorg and others, cuses video driver problems
Submitter : Aleksei Lukin <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-20 17:54 (28 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14417
Subject : [Regression] Wireless driver iwlagn+iwlcore doesn't work after resume (needs reloading)
Submitter : Eddy Petrișor <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-16 11:07 (32 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14400
Subject : disable/enable wlan broken with ath5k
Submitter : Daniel Bumke <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-13 12:35 (35 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14391
Subject : use after free of struct powernow_k8_data
Submitter : Michal Schmidt <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-24 14:51 (54 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125380383515615&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14385
Subject : DMAR regression in 2.6.31 leads to ext4 corruption?
Submitter : Andy Isaacson <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-08 23:56 (40 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125504643703877&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14294
Subject : kernel BUG at drivers/ide/ide-disk.c:187
Submitter : Santiago Garcia Mantinan <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-30 11:05 (48 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125430926311466&w=4
Handled-By : David Miller <[email protected]>


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14267
Subject : Disassociating atheros wlan
Submitter : Kristoffer Ericson <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-24 10:16 (54 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125378723723384&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14265
Subject : ifconfig: page allocation failure. order:5, mode:0x8020 w/ e100
Submitter : Karol Lewandowski <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-15 12:05 (63 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125301636509517&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14257
Subject : Not able to boot on 32 bit System
Submitter : Rishikesh <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-21 15:25 (57 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125354604314412&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14256
Subject : kernel BUG at fs/ext3/super.c:435
Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-21 7:29 (57 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125351816109264&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14252
Subject : WARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:1382 w/ e1000
Submitter : Stephan von Krawczynski <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-20 11:26 (58 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125344599006033&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14204
Subject : MCE prevent booting on my computer(pentium iii @500Mhz)
Submitter : GNUtoo <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-21 20:36 (57 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14181
Subject : b43 causes panic at ifconfig down / shutdown
Submitter : Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-15 18:34 (63 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14157
Subject : end_request: I/O error, dev cciss/cXdX, sector 0
Submitter : <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-11 07:42 (67 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14141
Subject : order 2 page allocation failures in iwlagn
Submitter : Frans Pop <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-06 7:40 (72 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2ff05b2b4eac2e63d345fc731ea151a060247f53
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125222287419691&w=4
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/2/86
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/5/24
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0910.1/01395.html
Handled-By : Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14114
Subject : Tuning a saa7134 based card is broken in kernel 2.6.31-rc7
Submitter : Tsvety Petrov <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-03 21:06 (75 days old)


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13987
Subject : Received NMI interrupt at resume
Submitter : Christian Casteyde <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-08-15 07:55 (94 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f41f3f373dd72344c65d801d6381fe83ef3a2c54


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13943
Subject : WARNING: at net/mac80211/mlme.c:2292 with ath5k
Submitter : Fabio Comolli <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-08-06 20:15 (103 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124958978600600&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13941
Subject : x86 Geode issue
Submitter : Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-08-03 12:58 (106 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124930434732481&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13836
Subject : suspend script fails, related to stdout?
Submitter : Tomas M. <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-07-17 21:24 (123 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124785853811667&w=4


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13809
Subject : oprofile: possible circular locking dependency detected
Submitter : Jerome Marchand <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-07-22 13:35 (118 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 <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-07-06 18:32 (134 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 <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-06-17 17:56 (153 days old)
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/17/194


Regressions with patches
------------------------

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14340
Subject : speedstep-ich driver not working in 2.6.31
Submitter : <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-10-07 08:16 (41 days old)
Handled-By : Eric Pielbug <[email protected]>
Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54672/
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54671/


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14253
Subject : Oops in driversbasefirmware_class
Submitter : Lars Ericsson <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-16 20:44 (62 days old)
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/16/461
Handled-By : Frederik Deweerdt <[email protected]>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/49914/


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14137
Subject : usb console regressions
Submitter : Jason Wessel <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-09-05 21:08 (73 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125218501310512&w=4
Handled-By : Jason Wessel <[email protected]>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45953/
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45952/


Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14017
Subject : _end symbol missing from Symbol.map
Submitter : Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>
Date : 2009-08-13 6:45 (96 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 <[email protected]>
Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125014649102253&w=4


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 introduced
between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31, 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



2009-11-17 14:12:25

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc7-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31 (wireless)

On 11/17/2009 07:53 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:58:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and
>> 2.6.31, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them
>> have been fixed already, please let me know.
>
>> Unresolved regressions
>> ----------------------

>> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14181
>> Subject : b43 causes panic at ifconfig down / shutdown
>> Submitter : Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]>
>> Date : 2009-09-15 18:34 (63 days old)

This one is fixed by commit d50bae33d1358b909ade05ae121d83d3a60ab63f in
mainline. The patch was also sent to stable. Rafael has marked it CLOSED.

Larry



2009-11-17 14:00:25

by John W. Linville

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Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc7-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31 (wireless)

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:58:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and
> 2.6.31, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them
> have been fixed already, please let me know.

> Unresolved regressions
> ----------------------

> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14460
> Subject : No wireless connection with Ralink RT2500 since update to kernel 2.6.31
> Submitter : Filipp Andjelo <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-10-24 21:18 (24 days old)


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14450
> Subject : [2.6.31] Network interfaces are dead with 2.6.31 (iwlagn and sky2)
> Submitter : A. G. <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-10-21 07:30 (27 days old)


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14417
> Subject : [Regression] Wireless driver iwlagn+iwlcore doesn't work after resume (needs reloading)
> Submitter : Eddy Petrișor <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-10-16 11:07 (32 days old)


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14400
> Subject : disable/enable wlan broken with ath5k
> Submitter : Daniel Bumke <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-10-13 12:35 (35 days old)


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14267
> Subject : Disassociating atheros wlan
> Submitter : Kristoffer Ericson <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-09-24 10:16 (54 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125378723723384&w=4


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14181
> Subject : b43 causes panic at ifconfig down / shutdown
> Submitter : Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-09-15 18:34 (63 days old)


> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13943
> Subject : WARNING: at net/mac80211/mlme.c:2292 with ath5k
> Submitter : Fabio Comolli <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-08-06 20:15 (103 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124958978600600&w=4

--
John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
[email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.

2009-11-16 23:36:18

by Rafael J. Wysocki

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Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc7-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31

On Tuesday 17 November 2009, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 11/16/2009 04:58 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and
> > 2.6.31, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them
> > have been fixed already, please let me know.
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14181
> > Subject : b43 causes panic at ifconfig down / shutdown
> > Submitter : Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]>
> > Date : 2009-09-15 18:34 (63 days old)
>
> This one is fixed by commit d50bae33d1358b909ade05ae121d83d3a60ab63f in
> mainline. The patch was also sent to stable.

Thanks, closed.

Rafael

2009-11-16 23:30:34

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc7-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31

On 11/16/2009 04:58 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and
> 2.6.31, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them
> have been fixed already, please let me know.
>
> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14181
> Subject : b43 causes panic at ifconfig down / shutdown
> Submitter : Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]>
> Date : 2009-09-15 18:34 (63 days old)

This one is fixed by commit d50bae33d1358b909ade05ae121d83d3a60ab63f in
mainline. The patch was also sent to stable.

Larry