2.6.30-rc3-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.28 -> 2.6.29

Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-04-26T09:42:21Z

[NOTES:
* The number of regressions related to DRI is alarming, especially that for
some of the reporters have identified the "bad" commits.
* I have closed some bugs where there was no activity.]

This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.28 and
2.6.29, 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 2.6.28
and 2.6.29, 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
----------------------------------------
2009-04-26 160 29 27
2009-04-06 142 37 31
2009-03-21 128 29 26
2009-03-14 124 36 32
2009-03-03 108 33 28
2009-02-24 95 32 24
2009-02-14 85 33 27
2009-02-08 82 45 36
2009-02-04 66 51 39
2009-01-20 38 35 27
2009-01-11 13 13 10

Unresolved regressions
----------------------

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13184
Subject : Left audio channel broken after resume from suspend with Intel HDA
Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@tikei.de>
Date : 2009-04-20 18:40 (7 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124025290831292&w=4
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13183
Subject : forcedeth: no link during initialization
Submitter : Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>
Date : 2009-04-23 13:02 (4 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124049180309233&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13178
Subject : Booting very slow
Submitter : Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@knobisoft.de>
Date : 2009-04-24 12:45 (3 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124057716231773&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13175
Subject : sata_nv incompatible with async scsi scan
Submitter : Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com>
Date : 2009-04-21 7:03 (6 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124029746431777&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13172
Subject : Spontaneous reboots since 2.6.29-rc*
Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-04-17 17:03 (10 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123998788921733&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13144
Subject : resume from suspend fails using video card i915
Submitter : C Sights <csights@fastmail.fm>
Date : 2009-04-21 17:03 (6 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13112
Subject : Oops in drain_array
Submitter : Bart <mmx@riz.pl>
Date : 2009-04-14 10:21 (13 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123970493224628&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13100
Subject : can't anymore even do a s2ram-s2disk-s2ram cycle on acer aspire 5720G
Submitter : Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-04-06 23:52 (21 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0d4922da2e4ccb0973095d8d29f36f6b1b5f703
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123906202829074&w=4
Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13074
Subject : gspca_stv06xx doesn't work with Logitech QuickCam Express (046d:0840)
Submitter : Paulo Matias <matias@archlinux-br.org>
Date : 2009-04-12 14:10 (15 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13072
Subject : forcedeth seems to switch off eth on shutdown
Submitter : Daniel Bierstedt <daniel.bierstedt@gmx.de>
Date : 2009-04-12 07:00 (15 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13040
Subject : DRM radeon
Submitter : Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
Date : 2009-04-07 20:07 (20 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13032
Subject : 2.6.29 regression: network interfaces drop after suspend/resume
Submitter : Jose Marino <braket@hotmail.com>
Date : 2009-04-07 00:08 (20 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=31878dd86b7df9a147f5e6cc6e07092b4308782b

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13025
Subject : After upgrading to kernel 2.6.29, pulseaudio stopped with some strange error
Submitter : Yaroslav Isakov <yaroslav.isakov@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-04-06 19:47 (21 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13003
Subject : [2.6.29 regression] ivtv driver causes strange oops'es, disrupts software suspend
Submitter : Artem S. Tashkinov <t.artem@mailcity.com>
Date : 2009-04-03 14:57 (24 days old)
Handled-By : Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13001
Subject : PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space
Submitter : <optimusgd@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-04-03 09:30 (24 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12980
Subject : lockup in X.org
Submitter : Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>
Date : 2009-03-31 08:58 (27 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12971
Subject : "tg3 transmit timed out" when transmitting at high bitrate
Submitter : Nikolay <dobrev666@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-03-29 18:02 (29 days old)
Handled-By : Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12947
Subject : r128: system hangs when X is started with DRI enabled
Submitter : Jos van der Ende <seraph@xs4all.nl>
Date : 2009-03-26 16:14 (32 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12909
Subject : boot/kernel init duration regression from 2.6.28
Submitter : CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
Date : 2009-03-16 10:25 (42 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123720083515950&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12899
Subject : Crash in i915.ko: i915_driver_irq_handler
Submitter : Helge Bahmann <helge.bahmann@secunet.com>
Date : 2009-03-20 07:13 (38 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12861
Subject : Xorg fails to start "Failed to allocate space for kernel memory manager"
Submitter : Emil Karlson <jkarlson@cc.hut.fi>
Date : 2009-03-12 12:06 (46 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ab657db12d7020629f26f30d287558a8d0e32b41

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12836
Subject : 2.6.29-rc breaks STD using Intel 945
Submitter : Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
Date : 2009-03-04 19:20 (54 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123619451406192&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12765
Subject : i915 VT switch with AIGLX causes X lock up
Submitter : Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
Date : 2009-02-21 15:38 (65 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=14d200c5e5bd19219d930bbb9a5a22758c8f5bec
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123523074304955&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12705
Subject : X200: Brightness broken since 2.6.29-rc4-58-g4c098bc
Submitter : Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20090213@schottelius.org>
Date : 2009-02-13 9:33 (73 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e806b4957412bf472d826bd8cc571da041248799
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123451768406825&w=4
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123479975503827&w=2
Handled-By : Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12681
Subject : s2ram: fails to wake up on Acer Extensa 4220 (SMP disabled)
Submitter : Orivej Desh <smpuj@bk.ru>
Date : 2009-02-09 13:01 (77 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1cfe62c8010ac56e1bd3827e30386a87cc2f3594
Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12499
Subject : Problem with using bluetooth adaper connected to usb port
Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-01-13 18:34 (104 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123187185426236&w=4
Handled-By : Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12490
Subject : ath5k related kernel panic in 2.6.29-rc1
Submitter : Sergey S. Kostyliov <rathamahata@gmail.com>
Date : 2009-01-12 7:38 (105 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123174591509586&w=4
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/527
Handled-By : Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>

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

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13186
Subject : cpufreq timer teardown problem
Submitter : Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Date : 2009-04-23 14:00 (4 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124049523515036&w=4
Handled-By : Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19754/
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19753/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12961
Subject : Kernel panics in early boot: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work
Submitter : Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Date : 2009-03-28 19:00 (30 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8d6f0c8214928f7c5083dd54ecb69c5d615b516e
Handled-By : Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=21070

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 2.6.28 and 2.6.29, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12398

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

Thanks,
Rafael