2.6.37-rc2-git4: Reported regressions 2.6.35 -> 2.6.36

Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-11-18T23:50:56Z

This message contains a list of some post-2.6.35 regressions introduced before
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 post-2.6.35 regressions, 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 92 38 34
2010-10-17 70 27 27
2010-10-10 56 16 15
2010-10-03 52 16 14
2010-09-26 46 15 13
2010-09-20 38 15 15
2010-09-12 28 14 13
2010-08-30 21 16 15

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23212
Subject : multifunction card reader of acer aspire one stopped working
Submitter : Thibault Mondary <thibm@free.fr>
Date : 2010-11-18 14:03 (1 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23132
Subject : without "pci=nocrs", Dell Inspiron 1545 hangs
Submitter : Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Date : 2010-11-17 19:18 (2 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23062
Subject : kvm segfaults on 2.6.36-64bit kernel with 32 bit userspace
Submitter : Jorge Boncompte <jorge@dti2.net>
Date : 2010-11-17 11:59 (2 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/9581d442b905

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22842
Subject : iwl3945 suddenly stops working
Submitter : Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-11-14 11:14 (5 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22782
Subject : 2.6.36: general protection fault during lockfs lockspace removal
Submitter : nik@linuxbox.cz <nik@linuxbox.cz>
Date : 2010-11-12 12:05 (7 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22732
Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: hibernation breaks swap
Submitter : Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Date : 2010-11-11 08:38 (8 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22272
Subject : High [extra timer interrupt] count in powertop since 2.6.36
Submitter : Ian Kumlien <pomac@demius.net>
Date : 2010-10-30 23:52 (20 days old)
Message-ID : <alpine.LNX.2.00.1010310148450.24290@twilight.pomac.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128848330304431&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22172
Subject : alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 0 is less than avail 32
Submitter : Tobias <devnull@plzk.org>
Date : 2010-11-06 09:33 (13 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22092
Subject : Kernel v2.6.36 trouble on USB disconnect
Submitter : Ketil Froyn <ketil@froyn.name>
Date : 2010-10-29 8:05 (21 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTik5qVxkEGVAA1PSOGk2KTW+ekHpSwttsQEWzWj+@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128833956503607&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21932
Subject : Regression in 2.6.36 in single stepping over hardware breakpoint (Wine)
Submitter : Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani@redhat.com>
Date : 2010-10-28 0:12 (22 days old)
Message-ID : <4CC8BFDD.8080600@redhat.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128822477714448&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21662
Subject : 2.6.35->2.6.36 regression, vanilla kernel panic, ppp or hrtimers crashing
Submitter : Denys Fedoryshchenko <nuclearcat@nuclearcat.com>
Date : 2010-10-25 9:22 (25 days old)
Message-ID : <201010251222.37191.nuclearcat@nuclearcat.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128799855826011&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21652
Subject : several problems with intel graphics since 2.6.36
Submitter : Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>
Date : 2010-10-27 14:32 (23 days old)
Message-ID : <20101027143252.GA8676@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128818998630241&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21402
Subject : [KVM] Noacpi Windows guest can not boot up on 32bit KVM host
Submitter : xudong <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Date : 2010-10-29 03:01 (21 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21372
Subject : NULL pointer deference at disk_replace_part_tbl+0x32
Submitter : Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-28 17:22 (22 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21332
Subject : Regression in single stepping over hardware breakpoint (Wine)
Submitter : Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani@redhat.com>
Date : 2010-10-27 23:41 (23 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/0c4519e825c9e2b6a8310deff8582f8c35bfbba9

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20462
Subject : 2.6.36-rc7-git2 - panic/GPF: e1000e/vlans?
Submitter : Nikola Ciprich <extmaillist@linuxbox.cz>
Date : 2010-10-15 7:10 (35 days old)
Message-ID : <20101015071008.GA8714@pcnci.linuxbox.cz>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128712984831303&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20352
Subject : Fwd: Re: UML kernel crash of v2.6.36-rcX kernel
Submitter : Toralf FÃ¶rster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
Date : 2010-10-13 11:28 (37 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/365b18189789bfa1acd9939e6312b8a4b4577b28
Message-ID : <201010131328.06465.toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128696930132503&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20342
Subject : [LogFS] [2.6.36-rc7] Deadlock in logfs_get_wblocks, hold and wait on same lock super->s_write_mutex
Submitter : Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-13 9:49 (37 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTinvsMxTxEbDEFmb5M-6fYjdRvErU==Zs7+qANkV@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128696335024718&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20332
Subject : [LogFS] [2.6.36-rc7] Kernel BUG at lib/btree.c:465!
Submitter : Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-12 18:56 (38 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTimAbCZNhLQ5nADUiAC+7JpAeJBEmjFwdxyZ-FxO@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128690910501830&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20322
Subject : 2.6.36-rc7: inconsistent lock state: inconsistent {IN-RECLAIM_FS-R} -> {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} usage.
Submitter : Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Date : 2010-10-11 20:10 (39 days old)
Message-ID : <20101011201007.GA29707@redhat.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128682782828453&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20232
Subject : kworker consumes ~100% CPU on HP Elitebook 8540w running 2.6.36_rc6-git4
Submitter : Ozan Caglayan <ozan@pardus.org.tr>
Date : 2010-10-13 06:13 (37 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20172
Subject : 2.6.36-rc7 boot stalls unless nolapic_timer - Lenovo S12
Submitter : Chris Vine <chris@cvine.freeserve.co.uk>
Date : 2010-10-10 12:59 (40 days old)
Message-ID : <<20101010135912.76eb61b7@boulder.homenet>>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128671620721712&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19802
Subject : [drm:init_ring_common] *ERROR* render ring head not reset to zero
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Date : 2010-10-04 20:31 (46 days old)
Message-ID : <201010042231.20320.thomas@m3y3r.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128622441331199&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19782
Subject : 2.6.36-rc6-git2 -- BUG dentry: Poison overwritten (after resume from hibernation)
Submitter : Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-03 3:54 (47 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTimrqtzBHAZSuDhEs_3CKA6pCbM35b1BtKH=MvC_@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128607809314079&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19632
Subject : 2.6.36-rc6: modprobe Not tainted warning
Submitter : Heinz Diehl <htd@fritha.org>
Date : 2010-09-30 18:25 (50 days old)
Message-ID : <20100930182516.GA15089@fritha.org>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128587114004680&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19392
Subject : WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c:3475 ath5k_bss_info_changed+0x44/0x168 [ath5k]()
Submitter : Justin Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-09-28 22:30 (52 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTim5WCGKPvEkOkO_YnMF9pg8mvLfQoFBNUFpfa_k@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128571307018635&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19372
Subject : 2.6.36-rc6: WARNING: at drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:235 radeon_fence_wait+0x35a/0x3c0
Submitter : Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-09-29 21:29 (51 days old)
Message-ID : <20100929212923.GA5578@core2.telecom.by>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128579579400315&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19142
Subject : Screen flickers when switching from the console to X
Submitter : Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@altlinux.org>
Date : 2010-09-27 12:05 (53 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19052
Subject : 2.6.36-rc5-git1 -- [drm:i915_report_and_clear_eir] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking
Submitter : Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-09-22 23:47 (58 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTikWQjUQjFJU9MO1+XbSLAEE-GARz+S+Dz2Fgu4h@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128519926626322&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19002
Subject : Radeon rv730 AGP/KMS/DRM kernel lockup
Submitter : Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
Date : 2010-09-23 16:48 (57 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17121
Subject : Two blank rectangles more than 10 cm long when booting
Submitter : Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr>
Date : 2010-08-26 17:24 (85 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17061
Subject : 2.6.36-rc1 on zaurus: bluetooth regression
Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Date : 2010-08-21 15:24 (90 days old)
Message-ID : <20100821152445.GA1536@ucw.cz>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128240433828087&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16971
Subject : qla4xxx compile failure on 32-bit PowerPC: missing readq and writeq
Submitter : Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Date : 2010-08-19 21:03 (92 days old)
Message-ID : <<alpine.SOC.1.00.1008192359310.19654@math.ut.ee>>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128225184900892&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16951
Subject : hackbench regression with 2.6.36-rc1
Submitter : Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Date : 2010-08-18 6:18 (93 days old)
Message-ID : <1282112318.21202.8.camel@ymzhang.sh.intel.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128211235904910&w=2

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

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22452
Subject : data corruption after mmap()ing a file and writev() some data to another file
Submitter : Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann@molgen.mpg.de>
Date : 2010-11-08 10:33 (11 days old)
Patch : http://www.spinics.net/lists/xfs/msg02126.html

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21092
Subject : Kernel 2.6.36 Bug during quotaon on reiserfs
Submitter : <markus.gapp@gmx.net>
Date : 2010-10-24 16:57 (26 days old)
Handled-By : Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=35292

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20182
Subject : 2.6.36-rc7: NULL pointer dereference in ehci_clear_tt_buffer_complete
Submitter : Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date : 2010-10-11 20:56 (39 days old)
Message-ID : <tkrat.9f585ea47331a2a2@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128683064431749&w=2
Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/250761/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162
Subject : [LogFS][2.6.36.rc7+] Kernel BUG at readwrite.c:1193
Submitter : Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-10-10 17:44 (40 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTi=JkcuWBPo+X-i+9o-BJFVqjea1J3e=Mr=HvAWF@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128673196203340&w=2
Handled-By : Prasad Gajanan Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162#c1

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 2.6.35 and 2.6.36, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16444

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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