This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.36, 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 regressions from 2.6.36, 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 ---------------------------------------- 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=25012 Subject : BUG: i915 causes NULL pointer dereference in 2.6.37-rc5-git4 Submitter : Tõnu Raitviir jussuf@linux.ee Date : 2010-12-15 12:48 (5 days old) Message-ID : alpine.DEB.2.00.1012151238570.4797@jbbyvx.ohzcpyho.rr References : http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg06282.html

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24892 Subject : Wireless warning, system locks up Submitter : Heinz Diehl htd@fancy-poultry.org Date : 2010-12-14 15:16 (6 days old) Handled-By : John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com

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 (6 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 (7 days old) Handled-By : Chris Wilson chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24772 Subject : Crash with btrfs rootfs on dm-crypt [ kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/inode.c:806! ] on linux 2.6.37-rc5 Submitter : Fabio Comolli fabio.comolli@gmail.com Date : 2010-12-10 20:30 (10 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTi=j9zsaYNcu=NgGV=HfE-3rNHzVswov8VrgwjQp@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129201308706568&w=2

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 (10 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=24722 Subject : Disconnecting my USB mouse hangs the machine and issues kernel warning Submitter : Heinz Diehl htd@fancy-poultry.org Date : 2010-12-12 12:42 (8 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24592 Subject : 2.6.37-rc5: NULL pointer oops in selinux_socket_unix_stream_connect Submitter : Jeremy Fitzhardinge jeremy@goop.org Date : 2010-12-08 21:09 (12 days old) Message-ID : 4CFFF3F3.90100@goop.org References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129184256629712&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 (12 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=24372 Subject : kdump broken on 2.6.37-rc4 Submitter : Stanislaw Gruszka sgruszka@redhat.com Date : 2010-12-03 11:16 (17 days old) Message-ID : 20101203111623.GA2741@redhat.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129137502323003&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24362 Subject : perf hw in kexeced kernel broken in tip Submitter : Yinghai Lu yinghai@kernel.org Date : 2010-12-01 8:00 (19 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/33c6d6a7ad0ffab9b1b15f8e4107a2af072a05a0 Message-ID : 4CF60095.1020900@kernel.org References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129119055922065&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24272 Subject : iotop reports insane per-process disk read/write statistics Submitter : Brian Rogers brian@xyzw.org Date : 2010-12-03 12:00 (17 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/85893120699f8bae8caa12a8ee18ab5fceac978e

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24142 Subject : Crash at boot in udev while accessing bt848 device in 2.6.37-rc* Submitter : Christian Casteyde casteyde.christian@free.fr Date : 2010-11-30 20:50 (20 days old) References : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24602

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23902 Subject : [BUG] 2.6.37-rc3 massive interactivity regression on ARM Submitter : Mikael Pettersson mikpe@it.uu.se Date : 2010-11-27 15:16 (23 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/305e6835e05513406fa12820e40e4a8ecb63743c Message-ID : <19697.8378.717761.236202@pilspetsen.it.uu.se> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129087098911837&w=2

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 (33 days old) Message-ID : 1290001262.5727.2.camel@lat1 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129000127920912&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23102 Subject : [bisected] i915 regression in post 2.6.36 kernels Submitter : Johannes Hirte johannes.hirte@fem.tu-ilmenau.de Date : 2010-11-10 7:02 (40 days old) Message-ID : 201011100802.20332.johannes.hirte@fem.tu-ilmenau.de References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128937310017057&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 (45 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 (45 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 (45 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=22812 Subject : kernel oops on 2.6.37-rc1 Submitter : Andrew atswartz@gmail.com Date : 2010-11-12 16:05 (38 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/a68c439b1966c91f0ef474e2bf275d6792312726

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 (40 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22562 Subject : Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 - logs spammed with "unable to enumerate USB port" - bisected to commit 3df7169e Submitter : Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Date : 2010-11-02 22:32 (48 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3df7169e73fc1d71a39cffeacc969f6840cdf52b Message-ID : 4CD09166.4060202@lwfinger.net References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128873713207906&w=2

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 (48 days old) Message-ID : 20101102155813.09cb2c6e@tux.DEF.witbe.net References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128870991628970&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22472 Subject : vga_switcheroo fails to switch from intel to ati Submitter : Radu Andries admiral0@tuxfamily.org Date : 2010-11-08 16:46 (42 days old)

Regressions with patches ------------------------

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24602 Subject : modprobe bttv crashes system Submitter : Sergej Pupykin pupykin.s@gmail.com Date : 2010-12-09 21:48 (11 days old) References : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24142 Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/414671/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24462 Subject : r600: spread spectrum: flickering screen (bisected) Submitter : Luca Tettamanti kronos.it@gmail.com Date : 2010-12-08 16:18 (12 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/ba032a58d1f320039e7850fb6e8651695c1aa571 Handled-By : Alex Deucher alexdeucher@gmail.com Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=39372

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672 Subject : Regression in 2.6.37-rc1 for Intel 945 Graphics Adapter - bisected to commit e9e331a Submitter : Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Date : 2010-11-11 01:56 (39 days old) References : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31803 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128944001311444&w=2 http://www.mail-archive.com/intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg02235.html Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/359472/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/359502/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22662 Subject : divide error in select_task_rq_fair() Submitter : Myron Stowe myron.stowe@hp.com Date : 2010-11-10 23:58 (40 days old) Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/176 http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/13/181

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 from 2.6.36, 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!