This message contains a list of some post-2.6.36 regressions introduced before 2.6.37, for which there are no fixes in the mainline known to the tracking team. If any of them have been fixed already, please let us know.
If you know of any other unresolved post-2.6.36 regressions, please let us know either and we'll add them to the list. Also, please let us know if any of the entries below are invalid.
Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply to this message with CCs to the people involved in reporting and handling the issue.
Listed regressions statistics:
Date Total Pending Unresolved ---------------------------------------- 2011-02-03 118 36 31 2010-12-30 85 32 26 2010-12-19 73 28 24 2010-12-03 55 25 19 2010-11-19 39 29 25
Unresolved regressions ----------------------
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27892 Subject : SNB: GPU hang with Slip xscreensaver Submitter : Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de Date : 2011-01-31 12:06 (3 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27842 Subject : [regression?] hang with 2.6.37 on a BTRFS test machine Submitter : Martin Steigerwald Martin@lichtvoll.de Date : 2011-01-23 12:06 (11 days old) Message-ID : 201101231306.23069.Martin@lichtvoll.de References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129578445613283&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27642 Subject : 2.6.37 says WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1287 setup_local_APIC+0x18f/0x263() Submitter : Rob Landley rlandley@parallels.com Date : 2011-01-18 13:11 (16 days old) Message-ID : 4D359188.3040408@parallels.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129535632319892&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27532 Subject : ath9k prevents CPU from entering lower C-states Submitter : Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org Date : 2011-01-24 22:43 (10 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27402 Subject : Atheros adapter no longer loads firmware Submitter : Michal Vaner vorner@ucw.cz Date : 2011-01-23 15:29 (11 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/be93112accb42c5586a459683d71975cc70673ca
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27152 Subject : VGA output broken at cold boot Submitter : Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de Date : 2011-01-20 13:26 (14 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27132 Subject : flush-btrfs gets into an infinite loop Submitter : Artem Anisimov aanisimov@inbox.ru Date : 2011-01-20 11:51 (14 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26942 Subject : radeon: screen distortion on resume Submitter : Brett Witherspoon spoonb@exherbo.org Date : 2011-01-17 13:23 (17 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26932 Subject : [SNB mobile] Oops in DRM intel driver, esp. during S3/S4 stress test Submitter : Matthias Hopf mat@mshopf.de Date : 2011-01-17 11:45 (17 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26842 Subject : [2.6.37 regression] threads with CPU affinity cannot be killed Submitter : tim blechmann tim@klingt.org Date : 2011-01-16 13:39 (18 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26802 Subject : b43: Suspend failed Submitter : Patrick Matthäi patrick@linux-dev.org Date : 2011-01-15 18:56 (19 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26582 Subject : NULL pointer dereference on pipe creation Submitter : Ferenc Wágner wferi@niif.hu Date : 2011-01-12 13:30 (22 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26552 Subject : Screen flickering with 2.6.37 [ATI X1600] Submitter : Andrea Iob andrea_iob@yahoo.it Date : 2011-01-11 22:53 (23 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26212 Subject : kernel NULL pointer dereference in pxa3xx_nand_probe Submitter : Sven Neumann s.neumann@raumfeld.com Date : 2011-01-05 11:43 (29 days old) Message-ID : 1294227801.3996.62.camel@sven References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129422903703756&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26112 Subject : [LogFS] [2.6.37-rc8+] Kernel BUG at logfs/readwrite.c:297! Submitter : Prasad Joshi prasadjoshi124@gmail.com Date : 2011-01-02 21:22 (32 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTinpoM8FuG8UkF88xs_V37dz_wgE8t-s0JPzaS-w@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129400335910652&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26102 Subject : [2.6.37-rc8] BUG kmalloc-256: Poison overwritten. Submitter : Pawel Sikora pluto@agmk.net Date : 2010-12-30 15:08 (35 days old) Message-ID : 201012301608.40859.pluto@agmk.net References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129372388925679&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25922 Subject : IdeaPad Y530 brightness keys not functioning Submitter : Tomasz tm.temp@gmx.com Date : 2010-12-30 12:48 (35 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25832 Subject : kernel crashes upon resume if usb devices are removed when suspended Submitter : rocko rockorequin@hotmail.com Date : 2010-12-29 11:47 (36 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25732 Subject : i915 turns picture green when display switched off-on Submitter : Tõnu Raitviir jussuf@linux.ee Date : 2010-12-27 22:14 (38 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3c17fe4b8f40a112a85758a9ab2aebf772bdd647 Handled-By : Chris Wilson chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25432 Subject : Alpha fails to build with gcc 4.4 Submitter : Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk Date : 2010-12-22 01:55 (43 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25402 Subject : kernel (2.6.37-8-generic_amd64) panic on boot (with message "map_single: bounce buffer is not DMA'ble) - possible regression !!! Submitter : carlos carlos.palma@ono.com Date : 2010-12-21 19:58 (44 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25072 Subject : backlight level is not maintened during LID close/open Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek xhejtman@fi.muni.cz Date : 2010-12-17 11:56 (48 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24882 Subject : PM/Hibernate: Memory corruption patch introduces regression (2.6.36.2) Submitter : akwatts@ymail.com Date : 2010-12-14 04:00 (51 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24822 Subject : Embedded DisplayPort is detected wrongly on HP ProBook 5320m Submitter : Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de Date : 2010-12-13 11:09 (52 days old) Handled-By : Chris Wilson chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24762 Subject : BUG at perf_ctx_adjust_freq (kernel/perf_event.c:1582) Submitter : Chris Wilson chris@chris-wilson.co.uk Date : 2010-12-10 12:00 (55 days old) Message-ID : c6d829$pqibha@fmsmga001.fm.intel.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129198247531612&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24582 Subject : Kernel Oops at tty_buffer_request_room when using pppd program (2.6.37-rc4) Submitter : baoyb baoyb@avit.org.cn Date : 2010-12-08 13:55 (57 days old) Message-ID : EF6DDE218DB34702B1FA84D6CD7EA771@baoyb References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129181763525738&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22942 Subject : [2.6.37-rc1, OOM] virtblk: OOM in do_virtblk_request() Submitter : Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com Date : 2010-11-05 1:30 (90 days old) Message-ID : 20101105013003.GE13830@dastard References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128892062917641&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22912 Subject : spi_lm70llp module crash on unload (2.6.37-rc1) Submitter : Randy Dunlap randy.dunlap@oracle.com Date : 2010-11-05 0:16 (90 days old) Message-ID : 20101104171620.00d8c95d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891627913647&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22882 Subject : (2.6.37-rc1) amd64-agp module crashed on second load Submitter : Randy Dunlap randy.dunlap@oracle.com Date : 2010-11-05 0:13 (90 days old) Message-ID : 20101104171333.fea1f498.randy.dunlap@oracle.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128891605213447&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22642 Subject : 2.6.37-rc1: Disk takes 10 seconds to resume - MacBook2,1 Submitter : Tobias devnull@plzk.org Date : 2010-11-10 19:33 (85 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22542 Subject : [2.6.37-rc1] drm:i195 errors Submitter : Paul Rolland rol@witbe.net Date : 2010-11-02 14:58 (93 days old) Message-ID : 20101102155813.09cb2c6e@tux.DEF.witbe.net References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128870991628970&w=2
Regressions with patches ------------------------
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27202 Subject : Remote control of saa7134-based tv card "ASUSTeK P7131 Hybrid" stopped working in 2.6.37 Submitter : acaizzo@gmail.com Date : 2011-01-20 17:23 (14 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/4651918a4afdd49bdea21d2f919b189ef17a6399 Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=44532
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26242 Subject : BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) Submitter : Steffen Michalke StMichalke@web.de Date : 2011-01-06 20:59 (28 days old) Patch : http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrfs/msg08051.html
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25822 Subject : [BUG] kernel BUG at mm/truncate.c:479! on 2.6.37-rc8 Submitter : Gurudas Pai gurudas.pai@oracle.com Date : 2010-12-29 6:58 (36 days old) Message-ID : 4D1AD935.1020504@oracle.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129360511222037&w=2 Patch : https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/29/131
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25442 Subject : ixp4xx defines FREQ macro; conflicts with gspca/ov519 driver Submitter : Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk Date : 2010-12-22 02:02 (43 days old) Handled-By : Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=41252
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23472 Subject : 2.6.37-rc2 vs. 2.6.36 laptop backlight changes? Submitter : Patrick Schaaf netdev@bof.de Date : 2010-11-17 13:41 (78 days old) Message-ID : 1290001262.5727.2.camel@lat1 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129000127920912&w=2 Handled-By : Indan Zupancic indan@nul.nu Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=43482
For details, please visit the bug entries and follow the links given in references.
As you can see, there is a Bugzilla entry for each of the listed regressions. There also is a Bugzilla entry used for tracking the regressions introduced between 2.6.36 and 2.6.37, unresolved as well as resolved, at:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21782
Please let the tracking team know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there.
Thanks!