2.6.38-rc3-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37

Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-02-03T00:03:41Z

This message contains a list of some post-2.6.36 regressions introduced before
2.6.37, 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-2.6.36 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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2011-02-03 118 36 31
2010-12-30 85 32 26
2010-12-19 73 28 24
2010-12-03 55 25 19
2010-11-19 39 29 25

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27892
Subject : SNB: GPU hang with Slip xscreensaver
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date : 2011-01-31 12:06 (3 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27842
Subject : [regression?] hang with 2.6.37 on a BTRFS test machine
Submitter : Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
Date : 2011-01-23 12:06 (11 days old)
Message-ID : <201101231306.23069.Martin@lichtvoll.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129578445613283&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27642
Subject : 2.6.37 says WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1287 setup_local_APIC+0x18f/0x263()
Submitter : Rob Landley <rlandley@parallels.com>
Date : 2011-01-18 13:11 (16 days old)
Message-ID : <4D359188.3040408@parallels.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129535632319892&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27532
Subject : ath9k prevents CPU from entering lower C-states
Submitter : Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>
Date : 2011-01-24 22:43 (10 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27402
Subject : Atheros adapter no longer loads firmware
Submitter : Michal Vaner <vorner@ucw.cz>
Date : 2011-01-23 15:29 (11 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/be93112accb42c5586a459683d71975cc70673ca

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27152
Subject : VGA output broken at cold boot
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date : 2011-01-20 13:26 (14 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27132
Subject : flush-btrfs gets into an infinite loop
Submitter : Artem Anisimov <aanisimov@inbox.ru>
Date : 2011-01-20 11:51 (14 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26942
Subject : radeon: screen distortion on resume
Submitter : Brett Witherspoon <spoonb@exherbo.org>
Date : 2011-01-17 13:23 (17 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26932
Subject : [SNB mobile] Oops in DRM intel driver, esp. during S3/S4 stress test
Submitter : Matthias Hopf <mat@mshopf.de>
Date : 2011-01-17 11:45 (17 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26842
Subject : [2.6.37 regression] threads with CPU affinity cannot be killed
Submitter : tim blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
Date : 2011-01-16 13:39 (18 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26802
Subject : b43: Suspend failed
Submitter : Patrick Matthäi <patrick@linux-dev.org>
Date : 2011-01-15 18:56 (19 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26582
Subject : NULL pointer dereference on pipe creation
Submitter : Ferenc Wágner <wferi@niif.hu>
Date : 2011-01-12 13:30 (22 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26552
Subject : Screen flickering with 2.6.37 [ATI X1600]
Submitter : Andrea Iob <andrea_iob@yahoo.it>
Date : 2011-01-11 22:53 (23 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26212
Subject : kernel NULL pointer dereference in pxa3xx_nand_probe
Submitter : Sven Neumann <s.neumann@raumfeld.com>
Date : 2011-01-05 11:43 (29 days old)
Message-ID : <1294227801.3996.62.camel@sven>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129422903703756&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26112
Subject : [LogFS] [2.6.37-rc8+] Kernel BUG at logfs/readwrite.c:297!
Submitter : Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com>
Date : 2011-01-02 21:22 (32 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTinpoM8FuG8UkF88xs_V37dz_wgE8t-s0JPzaS-w@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129400335910652&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26102
Subject : [2.6.37-rc8] BUG kmalloc-256: Poison overwritten.
Submitter : Pawel Sikora <pluto@agmk.net>
Date : 2010-12-30 15:08 (35 days old)
Message-ID : <201012301608.40859.pluto@agmk.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129372388925679&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25922
Subject : IdeaPad Y530 brightness keys not functioning
Submitter : Tomasz <tm.temp@gmx.com>
Date : 2010-12-30 12:48 (35 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25832
Subject : kernel crashes upon resume if usb devices are removed when suspended
Submitter : rocko <rockorequin@hotmail.com>
Date : 2010-12-29 11:47 (36 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25732
Subject : i915 turns picture green when display switched off-on
Submitter : Tõnu Raitviir <jussuf@linux.ee>
Date : 2010-12-27 22:14 (38 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3c17fe4b8f40a112a85758a9ab2aebf772bdd647
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25432
Subject : Alpha fails to build with gcc 4.4
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date : 2010-12-22 01:55 (43 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25402
Subject : kernel (2.6.37-8-generic_amd64) panic on boot (with message "map_single: bounce buffer is not DMA'ble) - possible regression !!!
Submitter : carlos <carlos.palma@ono.com>
Date : 2010-12-21 19:58 (44 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25072
Subject : backlight level is not maintened during LID close/open
Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@fi.muni.cz>
Date : 2010-12-17 11:56 (48 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24882
Subject : PM/Hibernate: Memory corruption patch introduces regression (2.6.36.2)
Submitter : <akwatts@ymail.com>
Date : 2010-12-14 04:00 (51 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24822
Subject : Embedded DisplayPort is detected wrongly on HP ProBook 5320m
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date : 2010-12-13 11:09 (52 days old)
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24762
Subject : BUG at perf_ctx_adjust_freq (kernel/perf_event.c:1582)
Submitter : Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date : 2010-12-10 12:00 (55 days old)
Message-ID : <c6d829$pqibha@fmsmga001.fm.intel.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129198247531612&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24582
Subject : Kernel Oops at tty_buffer_request_room when using pppd program (2.6.37-rc4)
Submitter : baoyb <baoyb@avit.org.cn>
Date : 2010-12-08 13:55 (57 days old)
Message-ID : <EF6DDE218DB34702B1FA84D6CD7EA771@baoyb>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129181763525738&w=2

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 (90 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 (90 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 (90 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=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 (85 days old)

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 (93 days old)
Message-ID : <20101102155813.09cb2c6e@tux.DEF.witbe.net>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128870991628970&w=2

Regressions with patches
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27202
Subject : Remote control of saa7134-based tv card "ASUSTeK P7131 Hybrid" stopped working in 2.6.37
Submitter : <acaizzo@gmail.com>
Date : 2011-01-20 17:23 (14 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/4651918a4afdd49bdea21d2f919b189ef17a6399
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=44532

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26242
Subject : BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
Submitter : Steffen Michalke <StMichalke@web.de>
Date : 2011-01-06 20:59 (28 days old)
Patch : http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrfs/msg08051.html

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25822
Subject : [BUG] kernel BUG at mm/truncate.c:479! on 2.6.37-rc8
Submitter : Gurudas Pai <gurudas.pai@oracle.com>
Date : 2010-12-29 6:58 (36 days old)
Message-ID : <4D1AD935.1020504@oracle.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129360511222037&w=2
Patch : https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/29/131

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25442
Subject : ixp4xx defines FREQ macro; conflicts with gspca/ov519 driver
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date : 2010-12-22 02:02 (43 days old)
Handled-By : Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=41252

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23472
Subject : 2.6.37-rc2 vs. 2.6.36 laptop backlight changes?
Submitter : Patrick Schaaf <netdev@bof.de>
Date : 2010-11-17 13:41 (78 days old)
Message-ID : <1290001262.5727.2.camel@lat1>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129000127920912&w=2
Handled-By : Indan Zupancic <indan@nul.nu>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=43482

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 2.6.36 and 2.6.37, 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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