2.5 Problem Report Status

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

Following is the latest version of my status report web page.  It can be 
found at:

http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

I've seen a lot of positive feedback for Martin's proposal to create a 
bugzilla for kernel bug reports so this is likely to be my last formal 
posting on this subject.  I intend to enter these as the "seed" bug 
reports for his effort, so any comment on this is welcome.  

                               2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
   Status                 Discussion  Problem Title

   open                   04 Oct 2002 AIC7XXX boot failure
   1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103356254615324&w=2

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   open                   05 Oct 2002 oops in lock_get_status
   2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 problems loading/unloading ide-scsi 
                                      modules
   3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103446296810822&w=2

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   open                   08 Oct 2002 IDE problems on prePCI
   4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2

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   open                   09 Oct 2002 USB Mass Storage problems
   5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103404393623200&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 init_irq() function doing unsafe 
                                      things inside ide_lock
   6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103316967724891&w=2

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   open                   04 Oct 2002 register_console() called in illegal 
                                      context
   7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2

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   open                   09 Oct 2002 eata2x_detect() calls port_detect() 
                                      under driver_lock
   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281310122580&w=2

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   open                   04 Oct 2002 sym_eh_handler does down(&ep->sem) 
                                      and might sleep
   9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103372067026942&w=2

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   open                   07 Oct 2002 illegal sleeping function called 
                                      from acpi_os_wait_semaphore()
  10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103404677824885&w=2

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   open                   09 Oct 2002 migration_thread atomicity error
  11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103408159014496&w=2

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   open                   08 Oct 2002 snd_via8233 atomicity error
  12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103410375210315&w=2

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   open                   19 Oct 2002 atomicity error in 
                                      sound/pci/via82xx.c
  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103459664021147&w=2

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   open                   11 Oct 2002 scheduling while atomic in 
                                      autofs4_root_lookup
  14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103426998326969&w=2

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   open                   14 Oct 2002 atomicity error in 
                                      drivers/net/ppp_async.c
  15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103456920802806&w=2

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   open                   14 Oct 2002 atomicity error in bond_enslave
  16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103462775624793&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 swsusp atomicity error
  17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103489821623783&w=2

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   possible fix available 19 Oct 2002 atomicity error in snd_pcm/emufx.c
  18. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103502805324053&w=2

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   open                   03 Oct 2002 ACPI Mutex failure
  19. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103369523011536&w=2

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   open                   16 Oct 2002 initrd breakage
  20. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103364305822611&w=2

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   open                   05 Oct 2002 2.5.x and 8250 UART problems
  21. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103383019409525&w=2

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   open                   19 Oct 2002 mouse/keyboard freeze in X
  22. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103441624616220&w=2

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   open                   07 Oct 2002 bug related to virtual consoles
  23. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103403138113853&w=2

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   open                   07 Oct 2002 oops in kmem_cache_create
  24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103403423716317&w=2

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   open                   07 Oct 2002 USB Hub failure
  25. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103402696809279&w=2

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   open                   08 Oct 2002 boot problem on 440GX
  26. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103399796506960&w=2

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   open                   08 Oct 2002 oops in run_timer_tasklet
  27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103393743102152&w=2

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   open                   08 Oct 2002 oops while running kjournald
  28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103408191314814&w=2

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   open                   09 Oct 2002 64GB highmem BUG()
  29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103399745406334&w=2

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   open                   09 Oct 2002 Attempt to release TCP socket errors
  30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103409524231641&w=2

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   closed                 09 Oct 2002 raid 0/1 problems in 2.5
  31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103414903003887&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 raid5 hangs system
  32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103495428502729&w=2

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   open                   06 Oct 2002 analog joystick oops
  33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103393598801189&w=2

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   open                   07 Oct 2002 DRI not working
  34. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103403348315804&w=2

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   open                   10 Oct 2002 keyboard generates bogus key results
  35. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103423327423623&w=2

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   closed                 19 Oct 2002 no mouse wheel
  36. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351918416613&w=2

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   open                   10 Oct 2002 PCMCIA trouble
  37. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103420230730597&w=2

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   open                   13 Oct 2002 apm hangs instead of suspending
  38. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103454656623320&w=2

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   open                   11 Oct 2002 tcp packets lost
  39. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103429736523667&w=2

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   open                   11 Oct 2002 shutdown problems in 
                                      driverfs_remove_file
  40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103443278524877&w=2

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   open                   11 Oct 2002 broke ARM zImage/Image
  41. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103442271819464&w=2

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   open                   20 Oct 2002 loadlin boot failure
  42. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103444415832048&w=2

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   open                   13 Oct 2002 dual pointing device problem on 
                                      laptop
  43. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103454188820088&w=2

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   open                   14 Oct 2002 fbcon oops
  44. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103458863514865&w=2

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   open                   14 Oct 2002 ACPI/Suspend with an Acer Travelmate 
                                      350
  45. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103463029127750&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 nfsd oops in auth_domain function
  46. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103462971527133&w=2

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   open                   15 Oct 2002 BUG in put_device during rmmod
  47. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103470283114965&w=2

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   open                   15 Oct 2002 BUG in kmem_cache_alloc_one_tail on 
                                          2.5.42
  48. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103472220913410&w=2

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   open                   15 Oct 2002 oops stopping serial
  49. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103470900729987&w=2

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   open                   15 Oct 2002 kernel hangs executing rpcinfo
  50. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103462345019675&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 reboot kills Dell Latitude keyboard
  51. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103484425027884&w=2

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   open                   19 Oct 2002 power down fails after 2.5.41
  52. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103479527518536&w=2

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   open                   16 Oct 2002 ACPI/Sb16 IRQ conflict
  53. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103480163226174&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 oops booting via ide controller
  54. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103480082625264&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
  55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2

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   closed                 20 Oct 2002 scsi/raid-related smp boot crash
  56. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103485010600696&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 nfs-related oops
  57. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103477312121275&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 neofb oops on shutdown
  58. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103485950708944&w=2

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   open                   17 Oct 2002 oops inserting xircom_cb network 
                                      card
  59. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474343128893&w=2

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   open                   20 Oct 2002 usb-related boot hang
  60. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103463093028435&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 io-apic bug and spinlock deadlock
  61. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103482589715521&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 buslogic scsi broke
  62. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103496938421117&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 color problem with atyfb
  63. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103424151129857&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 ipv4 /proc/net/route bug
  64. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103497845730726&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 crash with shared page table
  65. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103499186007896&w=2

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   open                   18 Oct 2002 qlogic 2x00 driver broke
  66. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103470985631070&w=2

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   open                   19 Oct 2002 tcq causes filesystem corruption
  67. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103498823305987&w=2

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   open                   19 Oct 2002 ncr adaptor doesn't see devices
  68. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103506893016255&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 ide-cd module broke
  69. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103508472223894&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 unable to eject zip disk
  70. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103523397807029&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 isdn badly broken
  71. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103513416515540&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 ide hangs on boot
  72. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103515327029718&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 scsi hang on shutdown
  73. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103504174230947&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 oops in ieee1394
  74. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103519819428268&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 oops on boot in parport_pc module
  75. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103524170815346&w=2

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   open                   21 Oct 2002 ZONE_NORMAL exhaustion (dcache slab)
  76. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103523368106684&w=2

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   open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
  77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2

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   open                   22 Oct 2002 CS4236B stopping working as of 
                                      2.5.44
  78. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532492529636&w=2

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   open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44-mm1 numa-q panic on boot
  79. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103533122402278&w=2

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   open                   22 Oct 2002 poisoned oops unmounting ramfs
  80. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103530750609277&w=2

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Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Ben Collins]

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   21 Oct 2002 oops in ieee1394
>   74. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103519819428268&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oh this is a real ass biter.

I have a workqueue that I setup once. Same data, same function, it never
changes. Every so often I call schedule_work() for the task.

Is queue_task() not reentrant? IOW, can I not schedule work that was
already scheduled similar to how tasklets worked?

Also, after the task has been run, does the workqueue struct's list
member not get cleared?

I'm a bit confused by this, as I expected behavior similar to before.


Ben

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Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Ben Collins]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:28:52PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   21 Oct 2002 oops in ieee1394
> >   74. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103519819428268&w=2
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Oh this is a real ass biter.
> 
> I have a workqueue that I setup once. Same data, same function, it never
> changes. Every so often I call schedule_work() for the task.

Wait. I was looking at the wrong queue. This was a queue that I had list
linked myself, and then went through one at a time and attempted to
schedule it.

Already gone in my current code, so this will be closed the next time I
sync to Linus (which should be by the weekend).

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Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Russell King]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:07:13PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
>    open                   11 Oct 2002 broke ARM zImage/Image
>   41. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103442271819464&w=2

Fixed in 2.5.44, with thanks to Sam and Kai.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

> Following is the latest version of my status report web page.  It can be 
> found at:
> 
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> 
> I've seen a lot of positive feedback for Martin's proposal to create a 
> bugzilla for kernel bug reports so this is likely to be my last formal 
> posting on this subject.  I intend to enter these as the "seed" bug 
> reports for his effort, so any comment on this is welcome.  

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
>   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

This doesn't happen on every shutdown, but randomly on about 30% of
shutdowns.  Only observed with 2.5.43.  Has somebody changed the order
of the flush and spindown commands to the IDE devices?

I will try 2.5.44 on the machine later today, and report
success/failiure.

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:07:13PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:

> Following is the latest version of my status report web page.  It can be 
> found at:
> 
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> 
> I've seen a lot of positive feedback for Martin's proposal to create a 
> bugzilla for kernel bug reports so this is likely to be my last formal 
> posting on this subject.  I intend to enter these as the "seed" bug 
> reports for his effort, so any comment on this is welcome.  

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   06 Oct 2002 analog joystick oops
>   33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103393598801189&w=2

Closed, fixed by properly calling init_input_dev() in analog.c

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   10 Oct 2002 keyboard generates bogus key results
>   35. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103423327423623&w=2

Closed, PS/2 Active Multiplexing support was fixed.


-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

>                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
>    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   05 Oct 2002 2.5.x and 8250 UART problems
>   21. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103383019409525&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tried 2.5.44 with preemption disabled, (it has been enabled for all
2.5.x up to now), and the problem is still there.  Infact, it seems
worse - ZModem transfers are going down to 512 block size, because of
the errors :-(

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
>   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Still happens with 2.5.44

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

>                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
>    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
>   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
>   77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any possibility that the above two problems are related - I.E. disks
are not being flushed properly on shutdown?

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 13:26, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> >                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
> >    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
> >   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
> >   77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Any possibility that the above two problems are related - I.E. disks
> are not being flushed properly on shutdown?

Possibly. I would be suprised however

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

> > >                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
> > >    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
> > >   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >    open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
> > >   77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Any possibility that the above two problems are related - I.E. disks
> > are not being flushed properly on shutdown?
> 
> Possibly. I would be suprised however

Alan - have there been any changes to the flush/spindown code between
2.5.42 and 2.5.44?  I remember a discussion about a month ago where
you said that it's necessary to do both, but that the order could be
wrong.  I am seriously begining to suspect that something is
definitely wrong, because I can actually hear the disk spindown for a
fraction of a second, then spin up again, (at least with 2.5.43, so
far not with 2.5.44).

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 15:14, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> definitely wrong, because I can actually hear the disk spindown for a
> fraction of a second, then spin up again, (at least with 2.5.43, so
> far not with 2.5.44).

Someone broke the power management code. When they fix it then I expect
the IDE powerdown stuff will behave better again. If you had scsi then
the scsi stuff may have been what broke it all.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

> > definitely wrong, because I can actually hear the disk spindown for a
> > fraction of a second, then spin up again, (at least with 2.5.43, so
> > far not with 2.5.44).
> 
> Someone broke the power management code. When they fix it then I expect
> the IDE powerdown stuff will behave better again. If you had scsi then
> the scsi stuff may have been what broke it all.

Ah, right, OK.  On the subject of SCSI, recent 2.5.x kernels have
caused the SCSI bus activity LED on my Adaptec 2940AU to stay on after
powerdown as well, is this related?

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Patrick Mochel]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:

> > > >                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
> > > >    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
> > > >   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> > > > 
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >    open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
> > > >   77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2
> > > > 
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > Any possibility that the above two problems are related - I.E. disks
> > > are not being flushed properly on shutdown?
> > 
> > Possibly. I would be suprised however
> 
> Alan - have there been any changes to the flush/spindown code between
> 2.5.42 and 2.5.44?  I remember a discussion about a month ago where
> you said that it's necessary to do both, but that the order could be
> wrong.  I am seriously begining to suspect that something is
> definitely wrong, because I can actually hear the disk spindown for a
> fraction of a second, then spin up again, (at least with 2.5.43, so
> far not with 2.5.44).

It's my fault. At least the the problem about the disk not spinning down. 
The driver core code was changed in 2.5.44 to call ->shutdown() instead of 
->remove() during system power transitions, and none of the drivers got 
converted over before 2.5.44 went out. I'm really sorry about this, and I 
sincerely hope that it hasn't bitten any too bad.. 

Concerning the actual shutdown, I'm simply calling the ide driver's 
->standby() method. At least in the case of ide disks, there is a call in 
the driver's ->cleanup() method to flush the cache. Should this be 
moved to ->standby()? Or, should we call ->flushcache() for all drives 
from ->shutdown()? 

Initial patch appended.

Thanks,

	-pat

===== drivers/ide/ide.c 1.33 vs edited =====
--- 1.33/drivers/ide/ide.c	Fri Oct 18 12:44:11 2002
+++ edited/drivers/ide/ide.c	Wed Oct 23 09:42:27 2002
@@ -3351,6 +3351,14 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ide_drive_shutdown(struct device * dev)
+{
+	ide_drive_t * drive = container_of(dev,ide_drive_t,gendev);
+	ide_driver_t * drive = drive->driver;
+	if (driver && driver->standby)
+		driver->standby(drive);
+}
+
 int ide_register_driver(ide_driver_t *driver)
 {
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -3372,6 +3380,7 @@
 	driver->gen_driver.name = driver->name;
 	driver->gen_driver.bus = &ide_bus_type;
 	driver->gen_driver.remove = ide_drive_remove;
+	driver->gen_driver.shutdown = ide_drive_shutdown;
 	return driver_register(&driver->gen_driver);
 }
 

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:03, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> Concerning the actual shutdown, I'm simply calling the ide driver's 
> ->standby() method. At least in the case of ide disks, there is a call in 
> the driver's ->cleanup() method to flush the cache. Should this be 
> moved to ->standby()? Or, should we call ->flushcache() for all drives 
> from ->shutdown()? 

I'll take a look. I need to finish porting over the 2.4 shutdown/eject
locking fixes that also touch this area

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Toon van der Pas]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:03:51AM -0700, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> 
> ===== drivers/ide/ide.c 1.33 vs edited =====
> --- 1.33/drivers/ide/ide.c	Fri Oct 18 12:44:11 2002
> +++ edited/drivers/ide/ide.c	Wed Oct 23 09:42:27 2002
> @@ -3351,6 +3351,14 @@
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static void ide_drive_shutdown(struct device * dev)
> +{
> +	ide_drive_t * drive = container_of(dev,ide_drive_t,gendev);
> +	ide_driver_t * drive = drive->driver;

Are you sure you didn't introduce a typo here?  (missing 'r')
Maybe you meant this line to be:

+	ide_driver_t * driver = drive->driver;

> +	if (driver && driver->standby)
> +		driver->standby(drive);
> +}
> +
>  int ide_register_driver(ide_driver_t *driver)
>  {
>  	struct list_head list;
> @@ -3372,6 +3380,7 @@
>  	driver->gen_driver.name = driver->name;
>  	driver->gen_driver.bus = &ide_bus_type;
>  	driver->gen_driver.remove = ide_drive_remove;
> +	driver->gen_driver.shutdown = ide_drive_shutdown;
>  	return driver_register(&driver->gen_driver);
>  }

Regards,
Toon.
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Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Patrick Mochel]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Toon van der Pas wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:03:51AM -0700, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> > 
> > ===== drivers/ide/ide.c 1.33 vs edited =====
> > --- 1.33/drivers/ide/ide.c	Fri Oct 18 12:44:11 2002
> > +++ edited/drivers/ide/ide.c	Wed Oct 23 09:42:27 2002
> > @@ -3351,6 +3351,14 @@
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void ide_drive_shutdown(struct device * dev)
> > +{
> > +	ide_drive_t * drive = container_of(dev,ide_drive_t,gendev);
> > +	ide_driver_t * drive = drive->driver;
> 
> Are you sure you didn't introduce a typo here?  (missing 'r')
> Maybe you meant this line to be:
> 
> +	ide_driver_t * driver = drive->driver;

Uhm..yes. Sorry about that.

	-pat

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[erik]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:26:38PM +0100, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> >                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
> >    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   17 Oct 2002 IDE not powered down on shutdown
> >   55. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103476420012508&w=2
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   22 Oct 2002 2.5.44 fs corruption
> >   77. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103532467828806&w=2
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Any possibility that the above two problems are related - I.E. disks
> are not being flushed properly on shutdown?

Nope.  Mine didn't get to shutdown.  Basically the whole system went
nuts - I couldn't run commands other than shell builtins, eth0
transmit timeouts, IDE complaining about attempts to access beyond the
end of device.  I couldn't do a proper shutdown - hard to sudo
shutdown -r now when you can execute anything.

The first thing to show in the log was:

Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 0 does not match to the expected one 1
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 2162976. Fsck?
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 0 does not match to the expected one 1
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 2162976. Fsck?
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 3748 does not match to the expected one 1
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 80570. Fsck?
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 4831 does not match to the expected one 1
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 80626. Fsck?
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 3760 does not match to the expected one 1
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 80655. Fsck?
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: vs-13070: reiserfs_read_locked_inode: i/o failure occurred trying to find stat data of [1040516 1315261 0x0 SD]
Oct 22 06:27:40 hagbard kernel: is_tree_node: node level 269 does not match to the expected one 1

after 3 seconds of that:

Oct 22 06:27:43 hagbard kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Oct 22 06:27:43 hagbard kernel: ide0(3,2): rw=0, want=928907664, limit=6152895
Oct 22 06:27:43 hagbard kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Oct 22 06:27:43 hagbard kernel: ide0(3,2): rw=0, want=1208618096, limit=6152895

which went on for a few iterations, then:

Oct 22 06:28:33 hagbard kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Oct 22 06:28:33 hagbard kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0150  0c00 at 3896/3957 command 00001622.
Oct 22 06:29:23 hagbard kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Oct 22 06:29:23 hagbard kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0150  0c00 at 3958/4018 command 00020000.


Interestingly enough, reiserfs didn't complain on reboot.  it was only
the root fs (on ext2/3) that complained - and had lots of problems.


Erik

2.5 Problem Report Status

[caligula]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 04:10:08 +0200, in linux.kernel you wrote:

>Following is the latest version of my status report web page.  It can be 
>found at:
>
>http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
>
>I've seen a lot of positive feedback for Martin's proposal to create a 
>bugzilla for kernel bug reports so this is likely to be my last formal 
>posting on this subject.  I intend to enter these as the "seed" bug 
>reports for his effort, so any comment on this is welcome.  
>
>                               2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
>   Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
>


>   open                   19 Oct 2002 atomicity error in 
>                                      sound/pci/via82xx.c
>  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103459664021147&w=2
>


This problem is still present in 2.5.44-ac1.
Greetz Mu

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[caligula]

>>                               2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 22 Oct
>>   Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
>>
>
>
>>   open                   19 Oct 2002 atomicity error in 
>>                                      sound/pci/via82xx.c
>>  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103459664021147&w=2
>>
>
>
>This problem is still present in 2.5.44-ac1.
>Greetz Mu
>
>
And still present in 2.5.45.

But ....after a Linus-is-back-and-loose merge armageddon,my kernel
still compiles and runs fine. Not bad after that huge merging frenzy.
I guess cleanups like this will be worked at after the feature freeze.
Greetz Mu

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Kent Yoder]

	Hi,

WRT: BUG in kmem_cache_alloc_one_tail on 2.5.42

from posting:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103472220913410&w=2

 This bug is no longer reproducable in 2.5.44.  Thanks!

Kent

RE: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Grover, Andrew]

> From: Thomas Molina [mailto:tmolina@cox.net] 

>    open                   07 Oct 2002 illegal sleeping 
> function called 
>                                       from acpi_os_wait_semaphore()
>   10. 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103404677824885&w=2

Fixed.

(the other 3 ACPI bugs are still open)

Regards -- Andy

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[jbradford]

>                                2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 12 Oct
> 
>    Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   05 Oct 2002 2.5.x and 8250 UART problems
> 
>   22. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103383019409525&w=2
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.5.41 didn't boot on the test machine.
2.5.42 does boot on the test machine, and exhibits the same problems

Typical scenario:

MMX-200 with plenty of RAM (128 MB), and a 16550A UART running 2.5.40

doing a 9600 bps Z-Modem transfer to

486 SX-20 with 4 MB RAM, and a 8250 UART, running 2.5.42

>From time to time, (every 4-8K or so), the Z-Modem protocol will
detect an error, and re-send blocks.

This does not occur with 2.2.13 or 2.2.21 on the 486.

Usually the errors occur at the same time as hard disk accesses, but
turning on IRQ unmasking does not prevent them.  Also, sometimes the
hard disk is accessed, and no error occurs.

John.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Stig Brautaset]

On Oct 12 2002, Thomas wrote:
[snip]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   11 Oct 2002 apm hangs instead of suspending
> 
>   41. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103432997711883&w=2

Here's some more info related to the above issue.

The below BUG occured on a freshly booted 2.5.42 kernel, when I tried to
enter suspend2ram mode on a Latitude CPx H500GT. Please let me know if
you need any more information.

Oct 13 02:12:23 arwen kernel: xircom_suspend(eth0)
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: kernel BUG at drivers/base/core.c:251!
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: invalid operand: 0000
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: binfmt_misc xircom_tulip_cb crc32 ds yenta_socket pcmcia_core psmouse maestro soundcore apm rtc  
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: CPU:    0
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: EIP:    0060:[put_device+71/112]    Tainted: P  
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: eax: 00000000   ebx: c7528050   ecx: c75280e8   edx: c6cac000
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: esi: c7f93050   edi: c7528000   ebp: c7535800   esp: c6caddec
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: ds: 0068   es: 0068   ss: 0068
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: Process apmd (pid: 359, threadinfo=c6cac000 task=c7641940)
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: Stack: c7528000 00000000 c017c9b6 c7528050 c7528000 c883ad17 c7528000 c7535800 
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel:        c7535800 c6cade78 c022d400 c8837fea c7535800 c7535800 c7535800 c753580c 
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel:        c7535800 00000080 c6cade78 c022d400 c8838315 c7535800 00000003 c7535800 
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: Call Trace: [pci_remove_device+14/56]  [<c883ad17>]  [<c8837fea>]  [<c8838315>]  [<c8838356>]  [<c88381d8>]  [<c883816c>]  [<c88380fc>]  [<
c8838398>]  [<c8838458>]  [<c883e3e8>]  [pci_pm_resume_device+27/32]  [pci_pm_resume_bus+37/92]  [pci_pm_resume+39/64]  [pci_pm_callback+61/72]  [pm_send+69/120]  [pm_se
nd_all+62/136]  [<c8823930>]  [<c8824083>]  [sys_ioctl+637/724]  [sys_sync+29/36]  [syscall_call+7/11] 
Oct 13 02:12:25 arwen kernel: Code: 0f 0b fb 00 92 9a 20 c0 8b 83 d0 00 00 00 85 c0 74 06 53 ff 
Oct 13 02:17:45 arwen kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.

Stig
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brautaset.org

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Mikael Pettersson]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:57:59 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   open                   29 Sep 2002 IDE problems on prePCI
>   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
>
>Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> reported this problem and proposed a 
>patch.  Was the patch accepted, and did it fix the problem?

The patch was for minor subproblem, not the instant reboot problem.
The reboot still occurs in 2.5.40.

Another issue: initrd appears to be broken since 2.5.38. See the
"initrd breakage in 2.5.38-2.5.40" thread.

/Mikael

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:57:59 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   open                   29 Sep 2002 IDE problems on prePCI
> >   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
> >
> >Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> reported this problem and proposed a 
> >patch.  Was the patch accepted, and did it fix the problem?
> 
> The patch was for minor subproblem, not the instant reboot problem.
> The reboot still occurs in 2.5.40.
> 
> Another issue: initrd appears to be broken since 2.5.38. See the
> "initrd breakage in 2.5.38-2.5.40" thread.


I misunderstood the timing of Al Viro's proposed fix for the problem.  I 
thought it was going in right away and the issue would be moot.  I've 
added it to my list.  Unfortunately, I'm getting connection refused 
messages when trying to connect to bkbits, so I'm unable to browse the 
comments like I usually do when researching this stuff.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[John Levon]

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 05:10:58PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:

> I misunderstood the timing of Al Viro's proposed fix for the problem.  I 
> thought it was going in right away and the issue would be moot.  I've 
> added it to my list.  Unfortunately, I'm getting connection refused 
> messages when trying to connect to bkbits, so I'm unable to browse the 
> comments like I usually do when researching this stuff.

The log seems to be down. You can look at the short form changelog in
kernel.org's snapshots/ dir though...

john

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Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Steven Cole]

Thomas Molina wrote:

> additional report      01 Oct 2002 also in 2.5.40
> 20. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103343520729702&w=2
>
>Several people have reported oops on boot in device_attach.  It may be 
>related to isapnp, but that is not confirmed.

I reported the above oops was fixed for me here:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103349300620391&w=2

The new oops on boot for 2.5.39 which I referred to in that message,
and which I also reported for 2.5.40 here:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103350518802833&w=2

has been fixed (for me anyway) in 2.5.40-ac3.

Thanks,
Steven

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

The following status report update can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/021004-status.html

The latest update can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html


   Notes:
     * Items  marked  closed  or probable fix will be deleted after Linus
       issues the next patch version
     * Numerous  people  are reporting oops on boot in 2.5.39. It appears
       the problems are all caused by a bug in isapnp initialization. The
       fix is either to disable isapnp or patch in a workaround.

   Status                 Discussion  Problem Title
   open                   30 Sep 2002 KVM/Mouse problem
   1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103299680529254&w=2

The problem was beeing investigated, but I never saw any reference to a 
fix being submitted to Linus.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   20 Sep 2002 AIC7XXX boot failure
   2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103356254615324&w=2

There have been problems reported off and on with this driver in 2.5.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
   open                   18 Sep 2002 Dead loop on virtual device lo
   3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2

This was reported for 2.5.36, but I've not seen any followups nor 
reference to a fix.  There have been several updates to loop.c.  Does this 
problem still exist?  I'm ready to delete it from the list.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   18 Sep 2002 DRM/XFree issue
   4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238121815285&w=2

This was reported for 2.5.36, but I've not seen any followups nor
reference to a fix.  There have been several updates referring to DRM.   
Does this problem still exist?  I'm getting ready to drop it from the 
list.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   20 Sep 2002 oops in lock_get_status
   5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2

This was being discussed, then data was requested by Matthew Wilcox 
<willy@debian.org> off-list.  I've seen no further followups.  What is the 
status of this?  I'm getting ready to drop it from the list.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   04 Oct 2002 scheduling while atomic oops
   6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103270005902896&w=2

This appears to be a long-running problem.  Is it related to the group of 
problems below involving "function might sleep while holding a lock" or is 
it a scheduling system problem?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   30 Sep 2002 ide-scsi kernel panic
   7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103336376827272&w=2

Several people have reported problems with ide-scsi either oopsing, 
locking up, or causing problems when being inserted or removed.  I have 
seen any reference to a fix for this one.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   29 Sep 2002 IDE problems on prePCI
   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2

Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> reported this problem and proposed a 
patch.  Was the patch accepted, and did it fix the problem?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   02 Oct 2002 modular IDE broken
   9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281667726673&w=2

Doctor, Doctor it hurts when I build ide modular.  Well don't do that 
then.  Alan Cox says this won't be fixed until all other problems with the 
ide system get fixed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   fix available          02 Oct 2002 loadlin boot problem
  10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351848816172&w=2

I'm going to delete this one when Linus issues 2.5.41 unless someone 
objects.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   25 Sep 2002 2.5.38-mm2 aha152x module fails
  11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296031616858&w=2

Is this specific to the mm tree or does the problem also exist in Linus' 
tree?  I've not seen reference to a fix.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   27 Sep 2002 loop trying to go beyond end of
                                      device
  12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103315199307542&w=2

This problem was reported for 2.5.38.  I've seen no updates, nor any 
reference to a fix.  Does the problem still exist in 2.5.40?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   29 Sep 2002 USB Mass Storage Conflicts
  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103332858305678&w=2

Stephen Marz <smarz@host187.south.iit.edu> reported this problem for 
2.5.38.  I've not seen any followups, nor any reference to a fix.  Does 
the problem still exist?  
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   29 Sep 2002 Oracle 9.2 goes OOM on startup
  14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103333545310595&w=2

This problem was reported for 2.5.39.  I have seen neither a followup, nor 
a reference to a fix.  Does this problem still exist in 2.5.40?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   23 Sep 2002 oops in vsnprintf (2.5-bk)
  15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282505101823&w=2

More than one person has reported problems when doing a bk pull.  Is this 
a driver problem, or an application problem?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   25 Sep 2002 oops with kernel LLC
  16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296919327682&w=2

   followups              29 Sep 2002
  17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103334051214575&w=2

rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob_Tracy) reported this for 2.5.38.  He was 
requested to try the next version to see if the problem still exists.  I 
have not seen a followup.  Does the problem still exist?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   27 Sep 2002 oops on modprobe sg
  18. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103313163215676&w=2

This problem appears related to the other ide-scsi problem reported above.  
Should there be a single item tracking problems with inserting and 
removing ide-scsi related modules?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   29 Sep 2002 oops on boot in 2.5.39
  19. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103334726918669&w=2

   additional report      01 Oct 2002 also in 2.5.40
  20. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103343520729702&w=2

Several people have reported oops on boot in device_attach.  It may be 
related to isapnp, but that is not confirmed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   30 Sep 2002 P4 clock modulation crash
  21. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103341311908313&w=2

   possible fix available 01 Oct 2002
  22. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103341862014756&w=2

This was reported for 2.5.39.  Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> reported 
a probable fix and sent it to Linus.  I will delete this item when Linus 
issues 2.5.41 unless someone objects.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   possible fix available 03 Oct 2002 Menuconfig is broken
  23. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103356058613554&w=2

Numerous people reported this problem, and a fix was discussed.  I will 
await results from 2.5.41 testing to decide whether to delete this item or 
not.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      init_irq() function doing unsafe 
                                      things inside ide_lock
  24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103316967724891&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      usb_hub_events() does down() in 
                                      hub_event_lock
  25. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103317380027379&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      pci_pool_create() calling 
                                      device_create_file() under 
                                      pools_lock
  26. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103317380227383&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      register_console() called in illegal 
                                      context
  27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      eata2x_detect() calls port_detect() 
                                      under driver_lock
  28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281310122580&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   fix in bk              2.5.40      sys_ioperm() is calling 
                                      kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) in 
                                      preempt_disable()
  29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281732827302&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   fix in bk              2.5.40      snd_pcm_oss_poll() calls poll_wait() 
                                      in runtime->lock
  30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281732827302&w=2

   possible fix available 04 Oct 2002 sg_init() vmalloc() in 
                                      write_lock_irqsave
  31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103327490712028&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      snd_ctl_elem_write() calls 
                                      snd_ctl_notify() under read_lock
  32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103327490412023&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   2.5.40      sym_eh_handler does down(&ep->sem) 
                                      and might sleep
  33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103372067026942&w=2

Might sleep while holding a lock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   03 Oct 2002 module loading problem
  34. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351991417181&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   02 Oct 2002 raid0_make_request bug
  35. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103357721401461&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   02 Oct 2002 Keyboard problems
  36. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103352741722028&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   03 Oct 2002 ACPI Mutex failure
  37. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103369523011536&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   02 Oct 2002 DAC960 broken
  38. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351317411581&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   02 Oct 2002 oops when rebooting 2.5.40 in 
                                      driverfs_remove_file
  39. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033404384&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   04 Oct 2002 SCSI st tape wrong minor
  40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033204377&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   open                   04 Oct 2002 serial cons prob on reboot in 2.5
  41. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033004372&w=2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Thomas Molina wrote:

> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    open                   04 Oct 2002 SCSI st tape wrong minor
>   40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033204377&w=2

FIXED. Kai Makisara pushed a patch to Linus.

-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
56 69 73 69 74				http://www.zabbadoz.net/

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Thomas Molina wrote:
> 
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >    open                   04 Oct 2002 SCSI st tape wrong minor
> >   40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033204377&w=2
> 
> FIXED. Kai Makisara pushed a patch to Linus.

Thanks.  I saw the message from Kai about 10 minutes after I submitted the 
status report.  It is now listed as fix available on my web page.  

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Robert Love]

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 12:57, Thomas Molina wrote:

>    open                   04 Oct 2002 scheduling while atomic oops
>    6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103270005902896&w=2
> 
> This appears to be a long-running problem.  Is it related to the group of 
> problems below involving "function might sleep while holding a lock" or is 
> it a scheduling system problem?

This is the same thing as all those "sleeping while atomic"
(might_sleep) bugs below.  It is just a debugging check.  It does the
same check as might_sleep but during schedule().

If you had specific culprits (i.e. foo() calls bar() which schedules
while foo() holds the baz lock) would be very useful.  Otherwise listing
this as a problem is not useful.

>    open                   29 Sep 2002 Oracle 9.2 goes OOM on startup
>   14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103333545310595&w=2
> 
> This problem was reported for 2.5.39.  I have seen neither a followup, nor 
> a reference to a fix.  Does this problem still exist in 2.5.40?

Should be fixed in bk.

>    open                   2.5.40      init_irq() function doing unsafe 
>                                       things inside ide_lock
>   24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103316967724891&w=2
> 
> Might sleep while holding a lock.

Is this still not fixed?  Ugh.

BTW, I like the fact you are listing specific atomicity issues.  Thank
you.  It is a lot more useful than just saying there are "sleeping while
atomic" bugs.

	Robert Love

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Gcc k6 testing account]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Thomas Molina wrote:

> 
> The following status report update can be found at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/021004-status.html
> 
> The latest update can be found at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> 
> 
>    Notes:
>      * Items  marked  closed  or probable fix will be deleted after Linus
>        issues the next patch version
>      * Numerous  people  are reporting oops on boot in 2.5.39. It appears
>        the problems are all caused by a bug in isapnp initialization. The
>        fix is either to disable isapnp or patch in a workaround.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    fix available          02 Oct 2002 loadlin boot problem
>   10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351848816172&w=2
> 
> I'm going to delete this one when Linus issues 2.5.41 unless someone 
> objects.

Someone posted a link to an updated version of loadlin. The updated 
version works with 2.5.32+ kernels. So I can confirm the available fix.
So either the updated version of loadlin or the linld bootloader will fix 
this problem.

Greetz Mu

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

I had a system crash, so this may have some holes in it.  My backup was a 
week old since this is my testing system.

The most up-to-date version of this report can be found on my web page at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

              2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 21 Sep
     Problem Title                  Status               Discussion
 1   BUG at kernel/sched.c          open                 15 Sep 2002
 2                                  another report       13 Sep 2002
 3                                  fix under discussion 18 Sep 2002
 4   lockups under X                possible fix in bk   21 Sep 2002
 5                                  additional reports   18 Sep 2002
 6   2.5.37 won't run X             open                 21 Sep 2002
 7   KVM/Mouse problem              open                 20 Sep 2002
 8   AIC7XXX boot failure           open                 20 Sep 2002
 9   Dead loop on virtual device lo open                 18 Sep 2002
10   nmi_watchdog problem           open                 19 Sep 2002
11   JFS software suspend problem   open                 18 Sep 2002
12   preempt related lockup         possible fix in bk   20 Sep 2002
13   ide double init                open                 19 Sep 2002
14   DRM/XFree issue                open                 18 Sep 2002
15   oops in lock_get_status        open                 18 Sep 2002
16                                  additional reports   20 Sep 2002
17   scheduling while atomic oops   possible fix in bk   20 Sep 2002

References

   1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103166646702935&w=2
   2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103184045102066&w=2
   3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220232808356&w=2
   4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
   5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237870212293&w=2
   6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103260318814826&w=2
   7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170259412602&w=2
   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103250741229189&w=2
   9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2
  10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103241914811779&w=2
  11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103236777430692&w=2
  12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103255645120076&w=2
  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103242818519195&w=2
  14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238121815285&w=2
  15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237662509801&w=2
  16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2
  17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103255596119498&w=2

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:52:45PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> I had a system crash, so this may have some holes in it.  My backup was a 
> week old since this is my testing system.
> The most up-to-date version of this report can be found on my web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

Well, you dropped the __write_lock_failed() oops, but that's been fixed.


Cheers,
Bill

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Axel Siebenwirth]

Hi Thomas!

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Thomas Molina wrote:

> 11   JFS software suspend problem   open                 18 Sep 2002

This got fixed by Dave Kleikamp.

But do you remember the JFS Oops problem? It's actually still there but now
we know that it is only there when the kernel is compiled with
CONFIG_PREEMPT enabled. I believe Dave will look into this as well soon.

Regards,
Axel Siebenwirth

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

They may not have gone away, but I also haven't seen discussion of them.  
Without discussion I can't tell whether it got fixed, is being actively 
worked (is it done yet?), or simply doesn't matter.

How would folks prefer I handle this?


-------------- You Wrote----------------------------

Subject:  Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status
From:     William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Date:     2002-09-17 20:48:19

On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:57:43PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> Following is from my web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> Upon request from several lkml subscribers I've converted from my
> hand-created thread links to links pointing at the lkml archives, as 
well
> as including live links here.

I wonder what happened to the issues I reported, since none of them have
gone away.

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

Following is from my web page at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

Upon request from several lkml subscribers I've converted from my 
hand-created thread links to links pointing at the lkml archives, as well 
as including live links here.


             2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 16 Sep
Ref   Problem Title              Status                Discussion

1   invalidate_inode_pages     open                  2.5.34 

2   Problem running on Athlons no further discussion 2.5.34 

3   mouse/keyboard flakiness   open                  09 Sep 2002  
4                              followups             16 Sep 2002  

5   process hang in do_IRQ     no further discussion 2.5.34

6   BUG at kernel/sched.c      open                  15 Sep 2002
7                              another report        13 Sep 2002
8                              Athlon - related      16 Sep 2002
9                              discussing a fix      16 Sep 2002

10   lockups under X            no further discussion 2.5.34

11   KVM/Mouse problem          open                  16 Sep 2002

12   IDE Disk order reversal    fix in BK-current     16 Sep 2002

13   PictureBook boot problem   no further discussion 2.5.34

14   RAID boot problem          open                  2.5.34

15   34-mm2 ide problems        open                  14 Sep 2002
16                              followups             14 Sep 2002
17                              possible fix          15 Sep 2002


References

   1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103123609912308&w=2
   2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103125734810052&w=2
   3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103161515431769&w=2
   4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220909215708&w=2
   5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103161270129834&w=2
   6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103166646702935&w=2
   7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103184045102066&w=2
   8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103216821904227&w=2
   9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220232808356&w=2
  10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
  11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170259412602&w=2
  12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103174189506559&w=2
  13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103176500901439&w=2
  14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103185178717216&w=2
  15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103183445326867&w=2
  16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103197258827968&w=2
  17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103211906906197&w=2

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Helge Hafting]

Thomas Molina wrote:

> 14   RAID boot problem          open                  2.5.34
> 
This one got fixed in 2.5.34-bk6 and is ok in 2.5.35.

One may boot from a root RAID-1 now, if it don't
need to resync.

The kernel dies within a minute or two 
if it has to resync a sufficiently big
raid-1 though - by freezing solid.  Sometimes
with several 0-order allocation failures first.
this is a known problem.

This is made a bit worse by the way later
kernels also makes shutdown segfault so
the RAID's cannot be shutdown correctly.

My solution is to always boot 2.5.7 for
a correct 5-min sync after shutdown, before testing
a new kernel. :-/

Helge Hafting

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Helge Hafting wrote:

> Thomas Molina wrote:
> 
> > 14   RAID boot problem          open                  2.5.34
> > 
> This one got fixed in 2.5.34-bk6 and is ok in 2.5.35.
> 
> One may boot from a root RAID-1 now, if it don't
> need to resync.
> 
> The kernel dies within a minute or two 
> if it has to resync a sufficiently big
> raid-1 though - by freezing solid.  Sometimes
> with several 0-order allocation failures first.
> this is a known problem.

That was pretty much what I was gathering from the ongoing discussion on 
another thread, but thanks for confirming.  It sounds as if there is a bit 
of work to do, but as long as folks are satisfied with the workarounds 
I'll mark this close and make a note for my "long-term" file to ask about 
later.

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:57:43PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> Following is from my web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> Upon request from several lkml subscribers I've converted from my 
> hand-created thread links to links pointing at the lkml archives, as well 
> as including live links here.

I wonder what happened to the issues I reported, since none of them have
gone away.


Bill

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

The latest version of the followng problem report status page can be found 
at: http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

   Notes:
     * Off-list  email sent to me regarding these reports is much 
appreciated. Relevant comments to a problem report will
       be added to the discussion thread unless specifically requested not 
to. If you do send me a comment, please CC the
       list.
     * Great  progress has been made in forward porting IDE driver code 
from 2.4 to 2.5. Several people have tried 2.5.33
       without disaster. Updates continue to be added to the -ac kernels 
and the 2.5 bitkeeper kernels.
     * Floppy  support  is  currently  semi-broken/semi-fixed  in  2.5.  
The  driver currently works (as of 2.5.33-bk) on
       filesystems  with  512-byte  blocks  (e.g. vfat/msdos) but has 
produced corruption on filesystems with other block
       sizes  such as ext2, minix, etc. Update: Several fixes to the 
floppy driver itself and the bio layer have improved
       things. This needs more testing and confirmation that the fix is 
in.
     * Support for __FUNCTION__ pasting is being phased out of gcc. This 
has broken compiling in numerous places. Defines
       of the form:
       #define func_enter() sx_dprintk (SX_DEBUG_FLOW, "sx: enter " 
__FUNCTION__ "\n")
       need to be changed to the form:
       #define func_enter() sx_dprintk (SX_DEBUG_FLOW, "sx: enter %s\n", 
__FUNCTION__)
     * Items  marked with "No further discussion" have not had any 
additional comments posted to the mailing list for one
       or more development point releases. These items will be archived 
when Linus issues the next point release.

               2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 04 Sep
   Problem Title                  Status                Discussion
   schedule() with irqs disabled! open                  03 Sep 2002
   schedule in interrupt          No further discussion 2.5.31
   JFS oops                       No further discussion 2.5.31
   unmount oops                   No further discussion 2.5.31
   usb problem                    No further discussion 2.5.31
   pte.chain BUG                  No further discussion 2.5.31
   cciss broken                   proposed fix          2.5.31
   qlogicisp oops                 open                  01 Sep 2002
   qlogic error                   No further discussion 2.5.31
   kmap_atomic oops               No further discussion 2.5.31
   swap problem                   No further discussion 2.5.31
   oops in gpm.c                  No further discussion 2.5.31
   page allocation failure        No further discussion 2.5.31
   driverfs oops                  No further discussion 2.5.31
   2.5.32 reboot oops             open                  30 Aug 2002
   ext2 umount oops               open                  30 Aug 2002
   DEBUG_SLAB oops                open                  30 Aug 2002
   2.5.32-mm1 problems            open                  30 Aug 2002
   soft suspend problem           open                  30 Aug 2002

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Andre Hedrick]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Thomas Molina wrote:

> The latest version of the followng problem report status page can be found 
> at: http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> 
>    Notes:
>      * Off-list  email sent to me regarding these reports is much 
> appreciated. Relevant comments to a problem report will
>        be added to the discussion thread unless specifically requested not 
> to. If you do send me a comment, please CC the
>        list.
>      * Great  progress has been made in forward porting IDE driver code 
> from 2.4 to 2.5. Several people have tried 2.5.33
>        without disaster. Updates continue to be added to the -ac kernels 
> and the 2.5 bitkeeper kernels.

Yipee!  I was worried this could be a disaster to rush updates to 2.5.


Andre Hedrick
iSCSI Software Solutions Provider
http://www.PyXTechnologies.com/

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Robert Love]

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 23:26, Thomas Molina wrote:

>    Problem Title                  Status                Discussion
>    schedule() with irqs disabled! open                  03 Sep 2002

A "fix" is in Linus's bitkeeper tree now and will appear in 2.5.34... so
now it is closed.

Note this was never a problem - it was an informative debugging message
that unfortunately happens much more often than anticipated.

	Robert Love

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Axel H. Siebenwirth]

Thomas Molina wrote:

>    JFS oops                       No further discussion 2.5.31

Okay. My JFS oops which was about the same style as the one that 
occurred in 2.5 has gone away. Unfortunately I have not figured out yet 
how to get my completely normal PS/2 keyboard to work with current 
kernel 2.5.33 because of input driver options weirdness. So I could not 
test it yet.
But then I guess the 2.5 JFS oops should have gone as well.
I cannot clearly state whether it was something that got fixed in JFS 
tree or if it was my upgrade of gcc, i.e. something got fixed in gcc and 
I do not want to test that.

Best regards and many thanks,
Axel Siebenwirth

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Axel H. Siebenwirth wrote:

> Thomas Molina wrote:
> 
> >    JFS oops                       No further discussion 2.5.31
> 
> Okay. My JFS oops which was about the same style as the one that 
> occurred in 2.5 has gone away. Unfortunately I have not figured out yet 
> how to get my completely normal PS/2 keyboard to work with current 
> kernel 2.5.33 because of input driver options weirdness. So I could not 
> test it yet.
> But then I guess the 2.5 JFS oops should have gone as well.
> I cannot clearly state whether it was something that got fixed in JFS 
> tree or if it was my upgrade of gcc, i.e. something got fixed in gcc and 
> I do not want to test that.

I expect things to break, get fixed, and break again in a development 
series.  I've seen it in the 2.1, 2.3 as well as 2.5.  I expect it to 
smooth out once feature freeze happens.

I've compiled many a 2.5 kernel as you can imagine and didn't get bit by 
the keyboard thing until this weekend.  The weird part is that after it 
happened it took a make mrproper, followed by a recompile with the exact 
same options to bring it back.  There is definitely something going on in 
the make system.  In any case, following is the relevant parts of .config 
which work for me:

# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_NS558 is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_L4 is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_VORTEX is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_CS461x is not set
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PARKBD is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
# CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_INPORT is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_LOGIBM is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_PC110PAD is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ANALOG is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_A3D is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ADI is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_COBRA is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GF2K is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GRIP is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GRIP_MP is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GUILLEMOT is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_INTERACT is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SIDEWINDER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TMDC is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_WARRIOR is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_MAGELLAN is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SPACEORB is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SPACEBALL is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_STINGER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TWIDDLER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_DB9 is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GAMECON is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDUMP is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_GUNZE is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MULTIPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_PPDEV is not set

2.5 Problem Report status

[Thomas Molina]

Following is the latest status report.  There have been no significant 
updates to the list in the past couple of days.  The status report, with 
links to discussions can be found at:  

http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html


   Notes:
   The  state  of  the  IDE  subsystem in 2.5 is in too much of a flux for 
tracking problems to be fruitful. I probably
   won't add any new ones until feature freeze unless specifically 
requested.
   Floppy support is currently broken in 2.5. Higher priority items are 
delaying work on a fix.


            2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 16 Aug
   Problem Title                     Status       Discussion
   RAID 0 BIO problem                open         2.5.30
   schedule() with irqs disabled!    open         2.5.30
   bonding driver failure in 2.5     closed       2.5.30
   serial oops                       closed       2.5.30
   NUMA-Q minimal workaround updates closed       2.5.30
   PnP BIOS problem                  closed       2.5.30
   New connections stall             closed       2.5.30
   JFS oops                          closed       2.5.30
   serial core on embedded PPC       closed       2.5.30
   handle_scancode oops              closed       2.5.30
   spinlock deadlock                 closed       2.5.30
   smp cpu problem                   closed       2.5.30
   LTP process_stress causes oops    open         2.5.30
   elv_queue_empty oops              open         2.5.30
   Page Writeback oops               open         2.5.30
   slab BUG                          open         2.5.30
   pmd_page problem                  open         2.5.30
   vga console problem               open         2.5.30
   P200MMX boot problem              open         2.5.30
   io apic problem                   open         2.5.30
   dcache oops                       open         2.5.30
   vm86 oops                         open         2.5.30
   modules don't work                open         12 Aug 2002
   unmount oops                      open         12 Aug 2002
   usb problem                       open         11 Aug 2002
   modules don't work                open         13 Aug 2002
   pte.chain BUG                     open         13 Aug 2002
   scancode oops                     open         12 Aug 2002
   cciss broken                      proposed fix 14 Aug 2002
   qlogicisp oops                    open         14 Aug 2002
   kmap_atomic oops                  open         15 Aug 2002

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

I've ordered a couple of extra IDE disks and removable drive caddies to 
test "stock" 2.5 IDE and floppy code.  I should have a system I can 
destroy about mid-week.  

The daily updated version of this status report can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

Items marked closed with a kernel version have not had recent comments.  
They will be archived when Linus issues the next version of 2.5.X.


   Notes:
   The sigmask problem is marked closed. Linus has spoken and I've 
appended his remarks.

   The  state of the IDE subsystem in 2.5 is in too much of a flux for 
tracking problems to be fruitful. I probably won't
   add any new ones until feature freeze unless specifically requested.

   Floppy support is currently broken in 2.5. Higher priority items are 
delaying work on a fix.

              Kernel Problem Reports as of 10 Aug
   Problem Title                     Status       Discussion
   RAID                              closed       2.5.28
   RAID 0 BIO problem                open         06 Aug 2002
   OOPS with date                    closed       2.5.28
   cpqarray broken since 2.5.19      closed       2.5.28
   schedule() with irqs disabled!    open         08 Aug 2002
   ISDN broken?                      closed       2.5.28
   bonding driver failure in 2.5     open         2.5.29
   serial oops                       proposed fix 2.5.29
   NUMA-Q minimal workaround updates open         2.5.29
   PnP BIOS problem                  open         3 Aug 2002
   New connections stall             open         2.5.29
   JFS oops                          open         2.5.29
   serial core on embedded PPC       open         2.5.29
   handle_scancode oops              open         2.5.29
   spinlock deadlock                 open         2.5.29
   smp cpu problem                   open         2.5.29
   sigmask problem                   closed       2.5.30
   LTP process_stress causes oops    open         02 Aug 2002
   pdc20265 boot problem             open         09 Aug 2002
   elv_queue_empty oops              open         01 Aug 2002
   Page Writeback oops               open         04 Aug 2002
   slab BUG                          open         03 Aug 2002
   pmd_page problem                  open         04 Aug 2002
   vga console problem               open         04 Aug 2002
   P200MMX boot problem              open         07 Aug 2002
   io apic problem                   open         08 Aug 2002
   dcache oops                       open         09 Aug 2002
   vm86 oops                         open         10 Aug 2002

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[James Simmons]

Fixed.

>    handle_scancode oops              open         2.5.29

Which bug is this ?

>    vga console problem               open         04 Aug 2002

MS: (n) 1. A debilitating and surprisingly widespread affliction that
renders the sufferer barely able to perform the simplest task. 2. A disease.

James Simmons  [jsimmons@users.sf.net] 	                ____/|
fbdev/console/gfx developer                             \ o.O|
http://www.linux-fbdev.org                               =(_)=
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http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net

2.5 Problem Report Status

[Thomas Molina]

I've updated the status report on the web page at 

http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html

- Items marked closed are based on Linux releasing 2.5.28 as well as lkml 
messages.  Those items will be deleted after the next Linus release.

- Links to discussion about the problem reports are available on the page.  
Dates under the discussion column are the date of last modification.  
Those items marked with a kernel version rather than a date are items I 
believe may be specific kernel version.  Those items will be deleted after 
the next Linus release unless further discussion is noted.

- Discussions are only lightly edited to delete headers, trailers, and 
unneeded contextual quotes.  Flamage will not be included.  I will, of 
course, delete any person's contribution at his/her request.

- Comments, criticisms, pointers to relevant material needing to be 
included are gratefully accepted.


               Kernel Problem Reports as of 26 Jul
   Problem Title                       Status       Discussion
   Software Suspend Failure            proposed fix 26 Jul 2002
   big IRQ lock removal                closed       24 Jul 2002
   Time jump/kernel freeze             open         2.5.27
   IDE problem                         open         26 Jul 2002
   RAID initialization                 open         24 Jul 2002
   free_pages_ok problem               proposed fix 25 Jul 2002
   console lockup                      open         2.5.27
   slab page problem                   closed       24 Jul 2002
   tcp_v6_get_port oops                closed       24 Jul 2002
   RAID shutdown                       open         24 Jul 2002
   Broken flock                        proposed fix 25 Jul 2002
   odd memory corruption               closed       24 Jul 2002
   Broken Floppy                       proposed fix 24 Jul 2002
   OOPS with date                      open         25 Jul 2002
   cpqarray broken since 2.5.19        open         25 Jul 2002
   Oops w/PCMCIA modem & 8250_cs       open         25 Jul 2002
   bad: schedule() with irqs disabled! open         26 Jul 2002
   ISDN broken?                        open         26 Jul 2002

Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

[James Simmons]

>    console lockup                      open         2.5.27

Any more info on this or is this the devfs problem.