This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them have been fixed already, please let me know.
If you know of any other unresolved regressions introduced between 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, please let me know either and I'll add them to the list. Also, please let me 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 ---------------------------------------- 2009-02-15 152 30 26 2009-02-04 149 33 30 2009-01-20 144 30 27 2009-01-11 139 33 30 2008-12-21 120 19 17 2008-12-13 111 14 13 2008-12-07 106 20 17 2008-12-04 106 29 21 2008-11-22 93 25 15 2008-11-16 89 32 18 2008-11-09 73 40 27 2008-11-02 55 41 29 2008-10-25 26 25 20 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12690 Subject : DPMS (LCD powersave, poweroff) don't work Submitter : Antonin Kolisek <[email protected]> Date : 2009-02-11 09:40 (4 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12658 Subject : ThrustMaster Firestorm Dual Power 3 Gamepads stopped working Submitter : Frank Roscher <[email protected]> Date : 2009-02-08 08:45 (7 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12645 Subject : DMI low-memory-protect quirk causes resume hang on Samsung NC10 Submitter : Patrick Walton <[email protected]> Date : 2009-02-06 18:35 (9 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0af40a4b1050c050e62eb1dc30b82d5ab22bf221 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12634 Subject : video distortion and lockup with i830 video chip and 2.6.28.3 Submitter : Bob Raitz <[email protected]> Date : 2009-02-04 21:10 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12619 Subject : Regression 2.6.28 and last - boot failed Submitter : jan sonnek <[email protected]> Date : 2009-02-01 19:59 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123351836213969&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12559 Subject : Huawei E169 doesn't work as mass storage anymore Submitter : kpalberg <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-28 02:34 (18 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12500 Subject : r8169: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out Submitter : Justin Piszcz <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-13 21:19 (33 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123188160811322&w=4 Handled-By : Francois Romieu <[email protected]> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12465 Subject : KVM guests stalling on 2.6.28 (bisected) Submitter : Kevin Shanahan <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-17 03:37 (29 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12421 Subject : GPF on 2.6.28 and 2.6.28-rc9-git3, e1000e and e1000 issues Submitter : Doug Bazarnic <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-09 21:26 (37 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123153653120204&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12411 Subject : 2.6.28: BUG in r8169 Submitter : Andrey Vul <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-31 18:37 (46 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123074869611409&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12409 Subject : NULL pointer dereference at get_stats() Submitter : Tetsuo Handa <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-30 12:53 (47 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123064167008695&w=4 Handled-By : Frederik Deweerdt <[email protected]> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12408 Subject : Funny problem with 2.6.28: Kernel stalls Submitter : Michael Roth <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-25 15:14 (52 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123021931714282&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12407 Subject : Kernel 2.6.28 regression: Hang after hibernate Submitter : Frank Groeneveld <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-28 20:34 (49 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123049651906081&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12405 Subject : oops in __bounce_end_io_read under kvm Submitter : Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-26 17:36 (51 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123031303400676&w=4 Handled-By : Jens Axboe <[email protected]> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12404 Subject : Oops in 2.6.28-rc9 and -rc8 -- mtrr issues / e1000e Submitter : Kernel <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-22 9:37 (55 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122993873320150&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12403 Subject : TTY problem on linux-2.6.28-rc7 Submitter : sasa sasa <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-22 4:23 (55 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122991914600390&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12401 Subject : 2.6.28 regression: xbacklight broken on ThinkPad X61s Submitter : Tino Keitel <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-05 8:39 (41 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22c13f9d8179f4c9caecfcb60a95214562b9addc References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123114479110314&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12395 Subject : 2.6.28-rc9: oprofile regression Submitter : Tim Blechmann <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-21 14:23 (56 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b99170288421c79f0c2efa8b33e26e65f4bb7fb8 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122986946614791&w=4 Handled-By : Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12337 Subject : ~100 extra wakeups reported by powertop Submitter : Alberto Gonzalez <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-31 12:25 (46 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12265 Subject : FPU emulation broken in 2.6.28-rc8 ? Submitter : Rogier Wolff <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-17 8:56 (60 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122950463030747&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12263 Subject : Sata soft reset filling log Submitter : Justin Madru <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-13 2:07 (64 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122913412608533&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12224 Subject : journal activity on inactive partition causes inactive harddrive spinup Submitter : C Sights <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-14 11:39 (63 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c87591b719737b4e91eb1a9fa8fd55a4ff1886d6 Handled-By : Eric Sandeen <[email protected]> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12209 Subject : oldish top core dumps (in its meminfo() function) Submitter : Andreas Mohr <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-12 18:49 (65 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122910784006472&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122907511319288&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12208 Subject : uml is very slow on 2.6.28 host Submitter : Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-12 9:35 (65 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122907463518593&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12160 Subject : networking oops after resume from s2ram (2.6.28-rc6) Submitter : Marcin Slusarz <[email protected]> Date : 2008-11-28 21:15 (79 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122790701615723&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12061 Subject : snd_hda_intel: power_save: sound cracks on powerdown Submitter : Jens Weibler <[email protected]> Date : 2008-11-18 12:07 (89 days old) Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <[email protected]> Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12614 Subject : WOL with forcedeth broken since f55c21fd9a92a444e55ad1ca4e4732d56661bf2e Submitter : Philipp Matthias Hahn <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-29 6:31 (17 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123321232825316&w=4 Handled-By : Yinghai Lu <[email protected]> Tobias Diedrich <[email protected]> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123330459229248&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123411195117835&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12612 Subject : hard lockup when interrupting cdda2wav Submitter : Matthias Reichl <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-28 16:41 (18 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123316111415677&w=4 Handled-By : FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=123371501613019&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12406 Subject : 2.6.28 thinks that my PS/2 mouse is a touchpad Submitter : Alexander E. Patrakov <[email protected]> Date : 2008-12-27 9:06 (50 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123036893817280&w=4 Handled-By : Arjan Opmeer <[email protected]> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123092147703236&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12393 Subject : debugging in dosemu causes lots of 'scheduling while atomic' Submitter : Michal Suchanek <[email protected]> Date : 2009-01-09 07:28 (37 days old) Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/13/445 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 2.6.27 and 2.6.28, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11808 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. 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