2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

[Michal Piotrowski]

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 <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
                  Vitaly Bordug <vitb@kernel.crashing.org>
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 <anssi.hannula@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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 Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
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 <lists@nerdbynature.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
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 Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
Status          : patch available



Regards,
Michal

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Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

[David Woodhouse]

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 <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
> 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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Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

[Adrian Bunk]

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 <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
> 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 <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
> Caused-By       : ?
> Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
> 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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Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

[Michal Piotrowski]

On 12/09/2007, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> 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 Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
> > 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.

>
> --
> dwmw2
>
>

Regards,
Michal

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Re: 2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

[Michal Piotrowski]

On 12/09/2007, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> 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 Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
> > Caused-By       : ?
> > Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
> > 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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