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 : T?nu Raitviir <jussuf at linux.ee> Date : 2010-12-15 12:48 (5 days old) Message-ID : <alpine.DEB.2.00.1012151238570.4797 at 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 at fancy-poultry.org> Date : 2010-12-14 15:16 (6 days old) Handled-By : John W. Linville <linville at 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 at 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 at suse.de> Date : 2010-12-13 11:09 (7 days old) Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris at 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 at gmail.com> Date : 2010-12-10 20:30 (10 days old) Message-ID : <AANLkTi=j9zsaYNcu=NgGV=HfE-3rNHzVswov8VrgwjQp at 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 at chris-wilson.co.uk> Date : 2010-12-10 12:00 (10 days old) Message-ID : <c6d829$pqibha at 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 at 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 at goop.org> Date : 2010-12-08 21:09 (12 days old) Message-ID : <4CFFF3F3.90100 at 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 at avit.org.cn> Date : 2010-12-08 13:55 (12 days old) Message-ID : <EF6DDE218DB34702B1FA84D6CD7EA771 at 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 at redhat.com> Date : 2010-12-03 11:16 (17 days old) Message-ID : <20101203111623.GA2741 at 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 at kernel.org> Date : 2010-12-01 8:00 (19 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/33c6d6a7ad0ffab9b1b15f8e4107a2af072a05a0 Message-ID : <4CF60095.1020900 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at bof.de> Date : 2010-11-17 13:41 (33 days old) Message-ID : <1290001262.5727.2.camel at 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 at fem.tu-ilmenau.de> Date : 2010-11-10 7:02 (40 days old) Message-ID : <201011100802.20332.johannes.hirte at 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 at fromorbit.com> Date : 2010-11-05 1:30 (45 days old) Message-ID : <20101105013003.GE13830 at 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 at oracle.com> Date : 2010-11-05 0:16 (45 days old) Message-ID : <20101104171620.00d8c95d.randy.dunlap at 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 at oracle.com> Date : 2010-11-05 0:13 (45 days old) Message-ID : <20101104171333.fea1f498.randy.dunlap at 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 at 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 at 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 at lwfinger.net> Date : 2010-11-02 22:32 (48 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3df7169e73fc1d71a39cffeacc969f6840cdf52b Message-ID : <4CD09166.4060202 at 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 at witbe.net> Date : 2010-11-02 14:58 (48 days old) Message-ID : <20101102155813.09cb2c6e at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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!
