Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[Michal Piotrowski]

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc5
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



Networking
Subject    : commit 9093bbb2d96d0184f037cea9b4e952a44ebe7c32 broke the bonding driver
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/13/65
Submitter  : Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>
Handled-By : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Status     : patch available
             (I cannot find it in archives. Stephen, please resend the patch)

Subject    : no irda0 interface (2.6.21 was OK), smsc does not find chip
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/3/16
Submitter  : Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Handled-By : Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org>
             Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/7/237
Status     : patch was suggested



SELinux

Subject    : very high non-preempt latency in context_struct_compute_av()
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/4/78
Submitter  : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Handled-By : Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
             James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/7/334
Status     : patch available



USB

Subject    : list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (f7d28794), but was f0df8ed4 (prev=f0df8ed4) Kernel Bug at lib/list_debug.c:33
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8561
Submitter  : Paulo Pereira <pfmp.404@gmail.com>
Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Patch      : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8561#c8
Status     : patch was suggested



Regards,
Michal

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Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[James Morris]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Michal Piotrowski wrote:

> SELinux
> 
> Subject    : very high non-preempt latency in context_struct_compute_av()
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/4/78
> Submitter  : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Handled-By : Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
>             James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
> Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/7/334
> Status     : patch available

This patch is queued for -mm, and will be submitted for 2.6.23.



- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>

Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[Ingo Molnar]

* James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> wrote:

> > SELinux
> > 
> > Subject    : very high non-preempt latency in context_struct_compute_av()
> > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/4/78
> > Submitter  : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > Handled-By : Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
> >             James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
> > Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/7/334
> > Status     : patch available
> 
> This patch is queued for -mm, and will be submitted for 2.6.23.

and that is fine with me - think this is a pre-existing problem so not a 
new regression in .22.

	Ingo

Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:24:00 +0200
Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc5
> 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-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
> Status     : patch available
> 
> 
> 
> Networking
> Subject    : commit 9093bbb2d96d0184f037cea9b4e952a44ebe7c32 broke the bonding driver
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/13/65
> Submitter  : Dan Aloni <da-x-KzBIeXn4Coe+51mZqJFLXQ@public.gmane.org>
> Handled-By : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
> Status     : patch available
>              (I cannot find it in archives. Stephen, please resend the patch)
>

http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org/msg40352.html

Re: [2/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[Michal Piotrowski]

On 18/06/07, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:24:00 +0200
> Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.22-rc5
> > 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-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
> > Status     : patch available
> >
> >
> >
> > Networking
> > Subject    : commit 9093bbb2d96d0184f037cea9b4e952a44ebe7c32 broke the bonding driver
> > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/13/65
> > Submitter  : Dan Aloni <da-x-KzBIeXn4Coe+51mZqJFLXQ@public.gmane.org>
> > Handled-By : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
> > Status     : patch available
> >              (I cannot find it in archives. Stephen, please resend the patch)
> >
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org/msg40352.html

Thanks!

Regards,
Michal

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