2.6.37-rc2-git4: Reported regressions from 2.6.36

Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-11-18T23:23:56Z

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
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2010-11-19 39 29 25

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23222
Subject : 2.6.36 radeon KMS: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
Submitter : Ján Bednár <jan.bednar@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-18 15:33 (1 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23142
Subject : autofs4 hang in 2.6.37-rc1
Submitter : Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Date : 2010-11-14 12:55 (5 days old)
Message-ID : <4CDFDC2B.6040205@redhat.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128973936026185&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23122
Subject : Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 for Intel 915 Graphics Adapter - bisected to commit e9e331a
Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date : 2010-11-11 1:47 (8 days old)
Message-ID : <4CDB4B1D.7000503@lwfinger.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128944001311444&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23102
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 (9 days old)
Message-ID : <201011100802.20332.johannes.hirte@fem.tu-ilmenau.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128937310017057&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23092
Subject : WARNING in tty_io.c
Submitter : Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date : 2010-11-10 8:06 (9 days old)
Message-ID : <4CDA5291.4010802@cn.fujitsu.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128937645120159&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23012
Subject : ftdi_sio /dev/ttyUSB error: "Resource Temporarily Unavailable"
Submitter : Kevin Smith <thirdwiggin@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-16 06:25 (3 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22942
Subject : [2.6.37-rc1, OOM] virtblk: OOM in do_virtblk_request()
Submitter : Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Date : 2010-11-05 1:30 (14 days old)
Message-ID : <20101105013003.GE13830@dastard>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128892062917641&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22912
Subject : spi_lm70llp module crash on unload (2.6.37-rc1)
Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-11-05 0:16 (14 days old)
Message-ID : <20101104171620.00d8c95d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891627913647&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22882
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 (14 days old)
Message-ID : <20101104171333.fea1f498.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891605213447&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22812
Subject : kernel oops on 2.6.37-rc1
Submitter : Andrew <atswartz@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-12 16:05 (7 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/a68c439b1966c91f0ef474e2bf275d6792312726

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22692
Subject : [regression, 2.6.37-rc1] 'ip link tap0 up' stuck in do_exit()
Submitter : Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Date : 2010-11-03 6:26 (16 days old)
Message-ID : <20101103062609.GB31163@dastard>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128876560131870&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22682
Subject : [oops, 2.6.37-rc1] Unpacking initramfs failed, oops in free_init_pages()
Submitter : Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Date : 2010-11-03 1:54 (16 days old)
Message-ID : <20101103015427.GA31163@dastard>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128874930119723&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672
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 (8 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22652
Subject : [drm:i915_gem_mmap_gtt_ioctl] *ERROR* Attempting to mmap a purgeable buffer
Submitter : Tobias <devnull@plzk.org>
Date : 2010-11-10 21:59 (9 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22642
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: Disk takes 10 seconds to resume - MacBook2,1
Submitter : Tobias <devnull@plzk.org>
Date : 2010-11-10 19:33 (9 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22572
Subject : Linux 2.6.37-rc1 (acpi_video)
Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-11-02 18:51 (17 days old)
Message-ID : <20101102115106.bac57d21.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128872403920449&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=128874714517914&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22562
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 (17 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3df7169e73fc1d71a39cffeacc969f6840cdf52b
Message-ID : <4CD09166.4060202@lwfinger.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128873713207906&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22552
Subject : AMD boot freeze bisected to b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b
Submitter : Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
Date : 2010-11-02 17:03 (17 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b
Message-ID : <20101102170335.GC24927@aftab>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128871752109913&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22542
Subject : [2.6.37-rc1] drm:i195 errors
Submitter : Paul Rolland <rol@witbe.net>
Date : 2010-11-02 14:58 (17 days old)
Message-ID : <20101102155813.09cb2c6e@tux.DEF.witbe.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128870991628970&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22532
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: BUG: scheduling while atomic (kvm_init)
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Date : 2010-11-02 19:06 (17 days old)
Message-ID : <50AA24C585B14210A44AB599605C7CBD@hugo>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128872479921559&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22522
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1 boot Problem - BUG: unable to handle kernel null pointer - dmesg und config Datei
Submitter : werner <w.landgraf@ru.ru>
Date : 2010-11-02 2:09 (17 days old)
Message-ID : <web-395697375@zbackend1.aha.ru>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128866380110940&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22472
Subject : vga_switcheroo fails to switch from intel to ati
Submitter : Radu Andries <admiral0@tuxfamily.org>
Date : 2010-11-08 16:46 (11 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22282
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: WARNING..debugobjects: ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: percpu_counter
Submitter : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-11-01 21:58 (18 days old)
Message-ID : <4CCF37E8.1070208@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128864879328429&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22102
Subject : [2.6.36-09452-g2d10d87] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
Submitter : Carlos R. Mafra <crmafra2@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-30 20:07 (20 days old)
Message-ID : <20101030200751.GA2866@Pilar.aei.mpg.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128846935825136&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22082
Subject : 2.6.36-git11 -- kernel/pid.c:419 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
Submitter : Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-29 5:22 (21 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTimGgzOZb8EwUQO16cZcL+ycveKTYzg_AAX+D+Kw@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128832975924288&w=2

Regressions with patches
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22962
Subject : building (e)glibc against 2.6.37-rc1 headers fails
Submitter : <stephan@openelec.tv>
Date : 2010-11-15 00:09 (4 days old)
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22962#c5

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22932
Subject : [REGRESSION] [2.6.37-rc1] Fan noise after suspend to ram/disk
Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-04 16:06 (15 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3e384ee6c687cb397581ee8f9440fc8220cfac80
Message-ID : <201011041706.59046.maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128888684308982&w=2
Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=37372

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22722
Subject : regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working
Submitter : Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>
Date : 2010-11-04 14:29 (15 days old)
Message-ID : <20101104142915.GC7650@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128888097600601&w=2
Handled-By : Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=37442

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22662
Subject : divide error in select_task_rq_fair()
Submitter : Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@hp.com>
Date : 2010-11-10 23:58 (9 days old)
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/176

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=21782

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

Thanks!

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