2.6.30-rc3-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.29

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sat Apr 25 2009 - 18:09:54 EST

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[NOTE:
The list of regressions from 2.6.28 (introduced up to 2.6.29) will be sent
tomorrow (there still are quite a few of them listed).]

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.29, 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 from 2.6.29, 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
----------------------------------------
2009-04-25 55 36 26
2009-04-17 37 35 28

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

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13188
Subject : horizontal strips of the screen frozen
Submitter : Justin Madru <jdm64@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-24 20:59 (2 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=280b713b5b0fd84cf2469098aee88acbb5de859c
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124060685315937&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13187
Subject : garbled screen on video
Submitter : Justin Madru <jdm64@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-24 0:52 (2 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124053437914036&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13181
Subject : Crash in v2.6.30-rc3 (regression from 30-rc2)
Submitter : Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-23 2:29 (3 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124045383628477&w=4
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124033993702882&w=4
Handled-By : Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13180
Subject : 2.6.30-rc2: WARNING at i915_gem.c for i915_gem_idle
Submitter : Niel Lambrechts <niel.lambrechts@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-21 21:35 (5 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124034980819102&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13179
Subject : CD-R: wodim intermittent failures
Submitter : Andy Isaacson <adi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-21 1:52 (5 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124027879214231&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13177
Subject : 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem
Submitter : Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-21 13:39 (5 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124032163602132&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13171
Subject : 2.6.30-rc2 + xorg-intel-2.7.0 + DRM_I915_KMS = corruption
Submitter : Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-19 6:27 (7 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124022460014812&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13168
Subject : ath5k fails to associate with AP
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-25 14:04 (1 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13164
Subject : 2.6.30-rc2 soft lockups: ACPI? clock source problem?
Submitter : Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-21 17:30 (5 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124033550127455&w=4
Handled-By : john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13156
Subject : keyboard backlight brightness up/down keys doesn't work
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-23 20:46 (3 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13154
Subject : iwlagn soft lock-up
Submitter : Panagiotis Papadakos <papadako@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-22 22:12 (4 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13151
Subject : Warning about reiserfs
Submitter : DÃniel Fraga <fragabr@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-22 19:07 (4 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2f9092e1020246168b1309b35e085ecd7ff9ff72
Handled-By : Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13148
Subject : resume after suspend-to-ram broken on Sony Vaio VGN-SR19VN when sony-laptop driver present
Submitter : fanderay <fanderay4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-22 14:39 (4 days old)
Handled-By : Mattia Dongili <malattia@xxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13126
Subject : BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES too low! when mounting rootfs
Submitter : Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-15 12:43 (11 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123979949820538&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13124
Subject : ioatdma: DMA-API: device driver frees DMA memory with wrong function
Submitter : Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-09 12:36 (17 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123928064322503&w=4
Handled-By : Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13122
Subject : reiserfs_delete_xattrs: Couldn't delete all xattrs (-13)
Submitter : Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-16 19:23 (10 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123990989515105&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13119
Subject : Trouble with make-install from a NFS mount
Submitter : Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-14 21:32 (12 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123974482327044&w=4
Handled-By : H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13118
Subject : iptables very slow after commit 784544739a25c30637397ace5489eeb6e15d7d49
Submitter : Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-10 16:05 (16 days old)
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/10/111
Handled-By : Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13116
Subject : Can't boot with nosmp
Submitter : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-15 4:18 (11 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123976917817920&w=4
Handled-By : Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13114
Subject : USB storage (usbstick) automount woes
Submitter : Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-09 9:26 (17 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e6e244b6cb1f70e7109381626293cd40a8334ed3
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123926928907568&w=4
Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13111
Subject : Linux 2.6.30-rc1 tg3 endian issues with MAC addresses on BCM5701
Submitter : Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-08 7:12 (18 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e4f341103e4a2b35f56a0f89802f1b1448e8d04b
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123917477312823&w=4
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/16/471
Handled-By : Matt Carlson <mcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13108
Subject : 2.6.30-rc1: white screen during boot (regression) on spitz
Submitter : Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-10 10:34 (16 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123935954223418&w=4
Handled-By : Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@xxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13107
Subject : LTP 20080131 causes defunct processes w/2.6.30-rc1
Submitter : Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-09 15:43 (17 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b3bfa0cba867f23365b81658b47efd906830879b
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123929187208953&w=4
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/10/193
Handled-By : Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13101
Subject : BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0x10000100
Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-07 7:37 (19 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123908995822195&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13069
Subject : regression in 2.6.29-git3 on SH/Dreamcast
Submitter : Adrian McMenamin <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-03-29 19:04 (28 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123835353115372&w=4

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13068
Subject : Lockdep warining in inotify_dev_queue_event
Submitter : Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-05 12:37 (21 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123893439229272&w=4

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

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13185
Subject : New x86 warning
Submitter : Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-22 6:46 (4 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124038280020950&w=4
Handled-By : Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19330/
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19406/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13176
Subject : IO-APIC + timer doesn't work!
Submitter : Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-17 15:15 (9 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123998145109946&w=4
Handled-By : Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19378/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13173
Subject : NULL pointer crash in early NMI handler
Submitter : Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-21 1:35 (5 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124027774713368&w=4
Handled-By : Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19141/
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19140/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13165
Subject : 2.6.30-rc3 : Regression: i915 , video
Submitter : We La <w.landgraf@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-23 19:19 (3 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124051473119134&w=4
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124062673404329&w=4
Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/18420/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13136
Subject : possible circular locking dependency detected while suspending laptop to S3
Submitter : Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-18 11:17 (8 days old)
Handled-By : Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13136#c1

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13125
Subject : active uvcvideo breaks over suspend
Submitter : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-15 10:12 (11 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123979009508840&w=4
Handled-By : Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/18/5

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13121
Subject : ACPI: Failed to switch the brightness - acer aspire 5720G
Submitter : Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-16 11:37 (10 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1a7c618a3f7bef1a20ae740df512eeba21397fa5
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123988189401913&w=4
Handled-By : Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19755/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13109
Subject : High latency on /sys/class/thermal
Submitter : Tiago SimÃes Batista <tiagosbatista@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-11 14:56 (15 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123946182301248&w=4
Handled-By : Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=21061

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13067
Subject : iwl3945: wlan0: beacon loss from AP - sending probe request
Submitter : Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-05 9:11 (21 days old)
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123892272218266&w=4
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13067#c6

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13048
Subject : /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/* is gone on vaio laptop with Intel GM45.
Submitter : Rodrigo L. Batista <rodrigo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2009-04-09 04:57 (17 days old)
Handled-By : yakui_zhao <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=20967
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=20959

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 2.6.29,
unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13070

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

Thanks,
Rafael

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