2.6.35-rc6: Reported regressions 2.6.33 -> 2.6.34

Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-07-23T12:15:13Z

This message contains a list of some post-2.6.33 regressions introduced before
2.6.34, for which there are no fixes in the mainline known to the tracking team.
If any of them have been fixed already, please let us know.

If you know of any other unresolved post-2.6.33 regressions, please let us know
either and we'll add them to the list. Also, please let us know if any
of the entries below are invalid.

Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply to
this message with CCs to the people involved in reporting and handling the
issue.

Listed regressions statistics:

Date Total Pending Unresolved
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2010-07-23 128 27 25
2010-07-10 122 25 24
2010-06-21 114 36 28
2010-06-13 111 40 34
2010-05-09 80 27 24
2010-05-04 76 26 22
2010-04-20 64 35 34
2010-04-07 48 35 33
2010-03-21 15 13 10

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16388
Subject : i915 drm BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at a5e89046
Submitter : <lists@clanduggan.org>
Date : 2010-07-14 16:59 (10 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16377
Subject : X.org crash while running a OpenGL composited KDE 4.4.4 session with Radeon KMS
Submitter : Martin Steigerwald <Martin@Lichtvoll.de>
Date : 2010-07-13 12:41 (11 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16376
Subject : random - possibly Radeon DRM KMS related - freezes
Submitter : Martin Steigerwald <Martin@Lichtvoll.de>
Date : 2010-07-13 09:24 (11 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16371
Subject : Regression 2.6.33->2.6.34: OOPS at boot, kmalloc corruption?
Submitter : Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@googlemail.com>
Date : 2010-07-11 18:55 (13 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTimVSZ584-dTIJFalTStvT1kPBQmnDdgUTsoSFQT@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127887455203944&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16361
Subject : KMS not working on Radeon Mobility 3430
Submitter : Ruslan <ruslan.st@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-07-10 13:32 (14 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/d594e46ace22afa1621254f6f669e65430048153

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16357
Subject : acpi-cpufreq fails to load (No such device) if CONFIG_SMP=n
Submitter : Ambroz Bizjak <ambrop7@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-07-09 09:40 (15 days old)
Handled-By : Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16348
Subject : kswapd continuously active when doing IO
Submitter : Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann@molgen.mpg.de>
Date : 2010-07-07 10:58 (17 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16320
Subject : iwl3945 crashes, seems to be disconnecting from the PCI bus
Submitter : Satish <eerpini@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-07-01 08:24 (23 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16300
Subject : [2.6.34 regression] mplayer gets out of sync due to problems with ALSA
Submitter : Artem S. Tashkinov <t.artem@mailcity.com>
Date : 2010-06-26 20:39 (28 days old)
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16270
Subject : Image is a hit-or-a-miss. Often displayed green+purple
Submitter : Vish <drkvi-a@yahoo.com>
Date : 2010-06-22 10:47 (32 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/acef4a407ed6e0a9ed87a2747be592fe49e64bdd
Handled-By : Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16233
Subject : Fwd: [2.6.34] INFO: task rsync:20019 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Submitter : Jan De Luyck <mailinglists+linuxkernel_20080830@kcore.org>
Date : 2010-06-14 19:49 (40 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTimutyh3WIALv3NIxA8Xt5JtU6tp4EWOnuSqhdyD@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127654498016377&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16207
Subject : Suspend and VT switch hangs since 2.6.34
Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel+xorg@tikei.de>
Date : 2010-06-09 17:53 (45 days old)
Message-ID : <20100609175356.GA17332@x61.home>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127610606214060&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16206
Subject : PROBLEM: PPP and other serial port related application hangs in kernel space
Submitter : Ales Teska <ales.teska@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-06-09 20:46 (45 days old)
Message-ID : <900E3B14-5B92-4A37-9581-049DB40F4D1C@gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127611640301071&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16170
Subject : Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle (STK7700P based) is not working in 2.6.34
Submitter : <macjariel@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-06-09 11:11 (45 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16139
Subject : wait_even_interruptible_timeout(), signal, spin_lock() = system hang
Submitter : Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-05-28 16:44 (57 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTiliRFydAhxH2-Dp1RKuz6sq7vgWIcMvLMi68ftg@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127506510328758&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16137
Subject : Ooops in BTRFS in 2.6.34 / x86_64 when mounting subvolume by name
Submitter : armin walland <a.walland@focusmr.com>
Date : 2010-05-27 12:27 (58 days old)
Message-ID : <201005271428.01239.a.walland@focusmr.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127496434110736&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16097
Subject : 2.6.34 on Samsung P460: reset after "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated"
Submitter : Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de>
Date : 2010-05-25 9:12 (60 days old)
Message-ID : <4BFB947E.9080509@aixigo.de>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127477877432254&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16082
Subject : host panic on kernel 2.6.34
Submitter : Hao, Xudong <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Date : 2010-05-24 8:23 (61 days old)
Message-ID : <BC00F5384FCFC9499AF06F92E8B78A9E04DCCCE242@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127468951208864&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16035
Subject : Incorrect initial resolution of (external) vga monitor with KMS
Submitter : <andreas.eckstein@gmx.net>
Date : 2010-05-23 12:28 (62 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15977
Subject : WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:866 check_for_stack
Submitter : Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-05-14 8:56 (71 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTikyx2eaxaiUCFDSfpmn1UG0t2GOxArz6F4wp1LJ@mail.gmail.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127382742729825&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15912
Subject : Audio/video sync and crackling issues with snd-hda-intel (AD1981 codec)
Submitter : Øyvind Stegard <oyvinst@ifi.uio.no>
Date : 2010-05-05 16:20 (80 days old)
Handled-By : Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15862
Subject : 2.6.34-rc4/5: iwlagn unusable until reload
Submitter : Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20100427@schottelius.org>
Date : 2010-04-27 7:49 (88 days old)
Message-ID : <20100427074934.GB3261@ikn.schottelius.org>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127235784004839&w=2
Handled-By : Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15704
Subject : [r8169] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c
Submitter : Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Date : 2010-03-31 10:21 (115 days old)
Message-ID : <20100331102142.GA3294@swordfish.minsk.epam.com>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127003090406108&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15673
Subject : 2.6.34-rc2: "ima_dec_counts: open/free imbalance"?
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Date : 2010-03-28 11:31 (118 days old)
Message-ID : <1269775909.5301.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126977593326800&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15664
Subject : Graphics hang and kernel backtrace when starting Azureus with Compiz enabled
Submitter : Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec>
Date : 2010-04-01 01:09 (114 days old)

Regressions with patches
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16111
Subject : hostap_pci: infinite registered netdevice wifi0
Submitter : Petr Pisar <petr.pisar@atlas.cz>
Date : 2010-06-02 20:55 (52 days old)
Handled-By : Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Petr Pisar <petr.pisar@atlas.cz>
Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/105008/
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=27109

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16007
Subject : x86/pci Oops with CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL
Submitter : Graham Ramsey <ramsey.graham@ntlworld.com>
Date : 2010-05-19 17:09 (66 days old)
Handled-By : Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/105662/

For details, please visit the bug entries and follow the links given in
references.

As you can see, there is a Bugzilla entry for each of the listed regressions.
There also is a Bugzilla entry used for tracking the regressions introduced
between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15310

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

Thanks!