This message contains a list of some post-2.6.38 regressions introduced before 2.6.39, 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-2.6.38 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 ---------------------------------------- 2011-07-10 99 26 24 2011-06-27 94 25 23 2011-06-12 81 21 18 2011-05-15 50 12 11 2011-04-30 38 17 16 2011-04-17 17 11 10
Unresolved regressions ----------------------
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38842 Subject : panic in elv_completed_request on safe remove usb hard drive Submitter : leniviy basinilya@gmail.com Date : 2011-07-06 09:20 (5 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38742 Subject : After hard power-off, btrfs cannot be recovered except booting 2.6.38 or below kernel Submitter : Ryan Underwood nemesis@icequake.net Date : 2011-07-03 18:57 (8 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38572 Subject : New NFS: directory XXX contains a readdir loop seems to be triggered by well-behaving server Submitter : Petr Vandrovec petr@vandrovec.name Date : 2011-06-30 19:38 (11 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38132 Subject : [Warning] 2.6.39.x latencytop Submitter : Andrew Watts akwatts@ymail.com Date : 2011-06-14 17:07 (27 days old) Message-ID : 80098.5633.qm@web111013.mail.gq1.yahoo.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130807128506490&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38102 Subject : BUG kmalloc-2048: Poison overwritten Submitter : Alexey Zaytsev alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com Date : 2011-06-23 17:33 (18 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37772 Subject : Sometimes, sound disappears and doesn't want to idle. Submitter : merkil@savhon.org Date : 2011-06-17 22:06 (24 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37752 Subject : Kernel Panic in drm_vblank_put+0x13/0x50 on P4 HT machine with 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller Submitter : Martin Rogge marogge@onlinehome.de Date : 2011-06-17 13:02 (24 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37712 Subject : reboot / "shutdown -r now" hangs ; works fine on 2.6.38.7-1 Submitter : Dave Hooper dave@beermex.com Date : 2011-06-16 20:50 (25 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37692 Subject : Linux 2.6.39.x fails to boot - unable to mount root fs Submitter : Dan Dart dandart@googlemail.com Date : 2011-06-16 18:55 (25 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37622 Subject : Poor wireless performance with Intel 4965AGN with iwl-legacy/iwl4965 Submitter : MDstr_1@hotmail.com Date : 2011-06-16 11:22 (25 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37472 Subject : Lenovo U160 (i915 black screen) Submitter : Robse rob-se@live.de Date : 2011-06-14 15:17 (27 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37322 Subject : high load, unresponsive system spinning in rcu_kthread Submitter : Ferenc Wágner wferi@niif.hu Date : 2011-06-12 14:53 (29 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37312 Subject : Intel 5100 wifi stopped working with 2.6.39.1 Submitter : Thibault Dory dory.thibault@gmail.com Date : 2011-06-12 12:43 (29 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37292 Subject : kernel BUG at fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c:47! Submitter : rems14@lestoutous.com Date : 2011-06-12 10:25 (29 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37042 Subject : linux 3.0.0-rc2 libata-eh.c:4018 ata_scsi_port_error_handler+0x80/0x53d on s2disk Submitter : Alex Zhavnerchik alex.vizor@gmail.com Date : 2011-06-09 08:22 (32 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36952 Subject : [2.6.39] CIFS write failures where 2.6.38 works Submitter : Helge Hafting helge.hafting@hist.no Date : 2011-06-01 10:11 (40 days old) Message-ID : 4DE6103E.6010100@hist.no References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130692387613423&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36392 Subject : 2.6.39, 3.0-rc2 Intel DRI Regression: Black Screen after trying to play video Submitter : Dennis Jansen dennis.jansen@web.de Date : 2011-06-01 04:41 (40 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36332 Subject : Intel gpu turns external monitor off when X starts Submitter : rocko rockorequin@hotmail.com Date : 2011-05-31 02:53 (41 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36182 Subject : Erroneous package power limit notification since kernel 2.6.39 Submitter : Olaf Freyer aaron667@gmx.net Date : 2011-05-22 13:01 (50 days old) Message-ID : 4DD9092A.4080507@gmx.net References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130606930631131&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35922 Subject : SND_USB_AUDIO recording device not initializing correctly Submitter : bjoern.online@gmail.com Date : 2011-05-26 10:30 (46 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35662 Subject : softlockup with kernel 2.6.39 Submitter : Hussam Al-Tayeb ht990332@gmail.com Date : 2011-05-23 08:13 (49 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35242 Subject : NULL pointer dereference in intel_sdvo_write_cmd (was Black screen after boot) Submitter : Ko Mi chaostya.test@hotmail.com Date : 2011-05-17 10:27 (55 days old)
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35142 Subject : 2.6.39-rc7-git1 boot error message (no crash) Submitter : werner w.landgraf@ru.ru Date : 2011-05-11 4:58 (61 days old) Message-ID : web-520830057@zbackend1.aha.ru References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130512952706444&w=2
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34942 Subject : [Bug] Kdump does not work when panic triggered due to MCE Submitter : K.Prasad prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com Date : 2011-05-06 16:54 (66 days old) Message-ID : 20110506165412.GB2719@in.ibm.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130470087226270&w=2
Regressions with patches ------------------------
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35642 Subject : On resume, I sometimes get a kernel oops with led_trigger_unregister_simple Submitter : Sven-Hendrik Haase sh@lutzhaase.com Date : 2011-05-23 00:15 (49 days old) Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/927582/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/927612/
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33242 Subject : Lockdep splat in autofs with 2.6.39-rc2 Submitter : Nick Bowler nbowler@elliptictech.com Date : 2011-04-07 19:44 (95 days old) Message-ID : 20110407194403.GA29404@elliptictech.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130220545614682&w=2 Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130342115008659&w=2
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 2.6.38 and 2.6.39, unresolved as well as resolved, at:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32012
Please let the tracking team know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there.
Thanks!