This message contains a list of some regressions from 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 regressions from 2.6.37, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2011-03-27 88 26 26 2011-03-06 70 27 26 2011-02-21 51 18 17 2011-02-12 39 20 18 2011-02-03 19 11 7

Unresolved regressions ----------------------

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31982 Subject : XFS memory allocation deadlock in 2.6.38 Submitter : Sean Noonan Sean.Noonan@twosigma.com Date : 2011-03-21 16:19 (7 days old) Message-ID : 081DDE43F61F3D43929A181B477DCA95639B52FD@MSXAOA6.twosigma.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130072585111310&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31572 Subject : firewire crash at boot Submitter : Pavel Kysilka goldenfish@linuxsoft.cz Date : 2011-03-21 12:40 (7 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31532 Subject : 2.6.38: Quota over NFS4 Submitter : Adam Lackorzynski adam@os.inf.tu-dresden.de Date : 2011-03-17 13:32 (11 days old) Message-ID : 20110317133247.GB6424@os.inf.tu-dresden.de References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130036878203485&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31522 Subject : i915/kms regression after 2.6.38-rc8 (was: Re: Linux 2.6.38) Submitter : Melchior FRANZ melchior.franz@gmail.com Date : 2011-03-16 17:30 (12 days old) Message-ID : 201103161830.52231@rk-nord.at References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130029706416659&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31452 Subject : ath9k: throughput issue in 802.11n and also IBSS mode Submitter : Richard Schütz r.schtz@t-online.de Date : 2011-03-19 19:06 (9 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31402 Subject : Diminished brightness at startup Submitter : Guilherme Salazar guilhermesalazar@ymail.com Date : 2011-03-18 16:29 (10 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31322 Subject : 2.6.38-rc echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches repairs mplayer distortions Submitter : Hans de Bruin jmdebruin@xmsnet.nl Date : 2011-03-14 21:34 (14 days old) Message-ID : 4D7E89E7.3080505@xmsnet.nl References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130014181919827&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31102 Subject : Corrupted display, unusable X-Server after using Chromium for some minutes. Submitter : Stefan Bauer stefan.bauer@cs.tu-chemnitz.de Date : 2011-03-15 03:31 (13 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31012 Subject : WARNING: Perf: bad frame pointer = (null), 2.6.38-rc8 Submitter : Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com Date : 2011-03-12 19:08 (16 days old) Message-ID : 20110312140851.52420149@katamari References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129995721014931&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31002 Subject : acer-wmi: rfkill and bluetooth enabling doesn't work as in 2.6.37 Submitter : Oldřich Jedlička oldium.pro@seznam.cz Date : 2011-03-10 18:37 (18 days old) Message-ID : 201103101937.01864.oldium.pro@seznam.cz References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=129978235612140&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30992 Subject : 2.6.38-rc7: Some strange soft-lockup Submitter : Dmitry Nezhevenko dion@inhex.net Date : 2011-03-06 14:01 (22 days old) Message-ID : 20110306140104.GA7700@laptop.local References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129942161205739&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30852 Subject : Seldom errors after suspend/resume causing problems Submitter : Mehmet Giritli mehmet@giritli.eu Date : 2011-03-10 10:53 (18 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30612 Subject : 2.6.38-rc7, iwlagn crash Submitter : Mathias Burén mathias.buren@gmail.com Date : 2011-03-04 3:27 (24 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTin0PGOfHr3AvQk-BAhyMY7ihYMU1-wX4RJG=1YT@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129920925514892&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30582 Subject : WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c:536 ath_stoprecv+0xc8/0xda [ath9k]() Submitter : Justin Mattock justinmattock@gmail.com Date : 2011-03-03 5:47 (25 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTik9To0Rkq2FRqQFB2wNu0kyJ7CzyBek2jBp36Cb@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129913127722786&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30572 Subject : 2.6.38-rc7, OOM behaviour? Submitter : Mathias Burén mathias.buren@gmail.com Date : 2011-03-02 19:33 (26 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTine5sru_JsK1LmRVa9fwxjPsaDdZUTFPCBi6A+c@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129909440018096&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30142 Subject : Kernel Oops after hibernation - lenovo t500 Submitter : Willi Mann foss-ml@wm1.at Date : 2011-03-01 08:12 (27 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29992 Subject : boot hang 2.6.37.1 regression w/ intel_idle and CONFIG_NO_HZ=n - asus p7p55d le Submitter : De Ganseman Amaury amaury.deganseman@gmail.com Date : 2011-02-27 10:38 (29 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29852 Subject : 2.6.38-rc5: nfsd: page allocation failure. spinlock trylock failure on UP Submitter : Alexander Beregalov a.beregalov@gmail.com Date : 2011-02-21 20:33 (35 days old) Message-ID : AANLkTi=14N_c_B7mLY0H8Dt8pte6C0mjFnVuC37e44Hs@mail.gmail.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129832042402668&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29672 Subject : [regression][ALSA][hda-conexant][2.6.38-rcX] external microphone sound too quiet Submitter : Shawn Starr shawn.starr@rogers.com Date : 2011-02-19 6:02 (37 days old) Message-ID : 474630.25335.qm@smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129809536502092&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28842 Subject : 2.6.38-rc3 regression ipv6 TFTP download with curl failing in getpeername? Submitter : Eric W. Biederman ebiederm@xmission.com Date : 2011-02-08 9:41 (48 days old) Message-ID : m1ei7iamnn.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129715811421534&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28642 Subject : ACPI broken on DELL Latitude E6410 in 2.6.38-rc3 Submitter : Adam Kovari kovariadam@gmail.com Date : 2011-02-08 22:22 (48 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28562 Subject : [BUG] usb problems in .38-rc3+ Submitter : Ed Tomlinson edt@aei.ca Date : 2011-02-05 19:17 (51 days old) Message-ID : 201102051417.58953.edt@aei.ca References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129693391417607&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28522 Subject : Unable to mount FAT-formatted floppy on /dev/fd0, plus WARN_ON when using /dev/fd0u1440 Submitter : Alex Villacis Lasso avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec Date : 2011-02-07 17:21 (49 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28452 Subject : 2.6.38-rc3 regression on parisc: segfaults Submitter : Meelis Roos mroos@linux.ee Date : 2011-02-01 22:00 (55 days old) Message-ID : alpine.SOC.1.00.1102012342200.25944@math.ut.ee References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129659763426600&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28422 Subject : kref and apparmor panic in 2.6.38-rc2. Submitter : Tao Ma tm@tao.ma Date : 2011-01-31 10:06 (56 days old) Message-ID : 4D46899B.80302@tao.ma References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129646840303149&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28102 Subject : New display errors in 2.6.38-rc2-00175-g6fb1b30 Submitter : Nico Schottelius nico-kernel-20110117@schottelius.org Date : 2011-01-28 20:29 (59 days old) Message-ID : 20110128202905.GB3395@schottelius.org References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129624657425949&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 from 2.6.37, unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27352

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

Thanks!