Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions with patches v2

Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions with patches v2

[Michal Piotrowski]

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc3
with patches available.

Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions



Memory management

Subject    : bug in i386 MTRR initialization
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/19/93
Submitter  : Andrea Righi <righiandr@users.sourceforge.net>
Status     : patch available



PCI

Subject    : Oops on 2.6.22-rc2 when unloading the cciss driver
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/172
Submitter  : Mike Miller (OS Dev) <mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/31/387
Status     : patch available



SATA/PATA

Subject    : libata reset-seq merge broke sata_sil on sh
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/10/63
Submitter  : Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Handled-By : Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Caused-By  : commit 4750def52cb2c21732dda9aa1d43a07db37b0186
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/19/161
Status     : patch available



Timers

Subject    : timer statistics oops
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/29/399
Submitter  : Ian Kumlien <iank@bredband.net>
Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
             Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/31/394
Status     : patch was suggested



Regards,
Michal

--
"Najbardziej brakowało mi twojego milczenia."
-- Andrzej Sapkowski "Coś więcej"

Re: [3/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions with patches v2

[Michal Piotrowski]

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc3
with patches available.

Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions



TTY

Subject    : signal: multithread program returns with wrong errno on receiving SIGSTOP
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/27/189
Submitter  : Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com>
Handled-By : Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/28/27
Status     : patch available

Subject    : tty-related oops in latest kernel(s)
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/27/104
Submitter  : Tero Roponen <teanropo@jyu.fi>
Handled-By : Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/31/35
Status     : patch available



Virtualization

Subject    : build failed in arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/119
Submitter  : Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
Handled-By : Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/143
Status     : patch available



x86-64

Subject    : BUG: at mm/slab.c:777 __find_general_cachep()
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/18/17
Submitter  : Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Handled-By : Ben Collins <ben.collins@ubuntu.com>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/18/19
Status     : patch available



Regards,
Michal

--
"Najbardziej brakowało mi twojego milczenia."
-- Andrzej Sapkowski "Coś więcej"

Re: [3/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions with patches v2

[Antonino Daplas]

On 6/1/07, Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Subject    : tty-related oops in latest kernel(s)
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/27/104
> Submitter  : Tero Roponen <teanropo@jyu.fi>
> Handled-By : Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
> Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/31/35
> Status     : patch available
>
It's not actually a regression, but a long-standing, undetected bug
exposed by slub.

Anyway, the patch is already in Linus' tree.  You can remove this from
your list.

Tony

Re: [3/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions with patches v2

[Satoru Takeuchi]

At Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:22:03 +0200,
Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Subject    : signal: multithread program returns with wrong errno on receiving SIGSTOP
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/27/189
> Submitter  : Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com>
> Handled-By : Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
> Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/28/27
> Status     : patch available

The patch has merged into Linus's git tree. It can be removed from regiression list.

Thanks,
Satoru