This message contains a list of some post-2.6.37 regressions introduced before 2.6.38, 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 post-2.6.37 regressions, 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 ---------------------------------------- 2011-04-17 98 28 28 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=32862 Subject : acer_wmi partially crashes ACPI/EC (Aspire 8930G) Submitter : Hector Martin <hector at marcansoft.com> Date : 2011-04-07 17:44 (11 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32762 Subject : Booting with external monitor attached results in red flickering screen on the external monitor Submitter : Anton <anton.bugs at gmail.com> Date : 2011-04-06 04:50 (12 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32202 Subject : 2.6.38 hangs on boot until key is pressed Submitter : Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko at ursulin.net> Date : 2011-03-27 19:18 (22 days old) Message-ID : <1301253485.2500.2.camel at deuteros> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130125411116558&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32112 Subject : Writes to USB flash drives are extremely slow in 2.6.38 Submitter : Delan Azabani <delan at azabani.com> Date : 2011-03-29 08:10 (20 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32072 Subject : 2.6.38 Regression: Nvidia GeForce8400 + i915 = Crash on Boot Submitter : simon at mungewell.org Date : 2011-03-24 15:20 (25 days old) Message-ID : <fe471c05897776b7c26b9fd2603e3b76.squirrel at host171.canaca.com> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130100955926434&w=2 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 at twosigma.com> Date : 2011-03-21 16:19 (28 days old) Message-ID : <081DDE43F61F3D43929A181B477DCA95639B52FD at MSXAOA6.twosigma.com> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130072585111310&w=2 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31922 Subject : ath5k: Decreased throughput in IBSS or 802.11n mode Submitter : Jeff Cook <jeff at deserettechnology.com> Date : 2011-03-26 20:06 (23 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31872 Subject : boot panic unless acpi=off, Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted - Toshiba Satellite/mobile P4 Submitter : Pascal Dormeau <pdormeau at free.fr> Date : 2011-03-25 20:17 (24 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31782 Subject : nouveau: lockdep spew Submitter : Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net> Date : 2011-03-24 09:51 (25 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31702 Subject : ath5k phy2: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip Submitter : Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com> Date : 2011-03-22 19:15 (27 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31572 Subject : BUG in vb_alloc() - firewire crash at boot Submitter : Pavel Kysilka <goldenfish at linuxsoft.cz> Date : 2011-03-21 12:40 (28 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31532 Subject : 2.6.38: Quota over NFS4 Submitter : Adam Lackorzynski <adam at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> Date : 2011-03-17 13:32 (32 days old) Message-ID : <20110317133247.GB6424 at 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=31452 Subject : ath9k: throughput issue in 802.11n and also IBSS mode Submitter : Richard Sch?tz <r.schtz at t-online.de> Date : 2011-03-19 19:06 (30 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31402 Subject : Diminished brightness at startup Submitter : Guilherme Salazar <guilhermesalazar at ymail.com> Date : 2011-03-18 16:29 (31 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 at xmsnet.nl> Date : 2011-03-14 21:34 (35 days old) Message-ID : <4D7E89E7.3080505 at xmsnet.nl> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130014181919827&w=2 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 at redhat.com> Date : 2011-03-12 19:08 (37 days old) Message-ID : <20110312140851.52420149 at katamari> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129995721014931&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 at inhex.net> Date : 2011-03-06 14:01 (43 days old) Message-ID : <20110306140104.GA7700 at 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 at giritli.eu> Date : 2011-03-10 10:53 (39 days old) 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 at gmail.com> Date : 2011-03-03 5:47 (46 days old) Message-ID : <AANLkTik9To0Rkq2FRqQFB2wNu0kyJ7CzyBek2jBp36Cb at mail.gmail.com> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129913127722786&w=2 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 at gmail.com> Date : 2011-02-27 10:38 (50 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 at gmail.com> Date : 2011-02-21 20:33 (56 days old) Message-ID : <AANLkTi=14N_c_B7mLY0H8Dt8pte6C0mjFnVuC37e44Hs at 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 at rogers.com> Date : 2011-02-19 6:02 (58 days old) Message-ID : <474630.25335.qm at 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=28802 Subject : commit 5d1d0cc breaks resume from suspend on Thinkpad X201 Submitter : Bj?rn Schlie?mann <chronoss at gmx.de> Date : 2011-02-10 17:23 (67 days old) Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> 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 at gmail.com> Date : 2011-02-08 22:22 (69 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28562 Subject : [BUG] usb problems in .38-rc3+ Submitter : Ed Tomlinson <edt at aei.ca> Date : 2011-02-05 19:17 (72 days old) Message-ID : <201102051417.58953.edt at 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 at ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> Date : 2011-02-07 17:21 (70 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 at linux.ee> Date : 2011-02-01 22:00 (76 days old) Message-ID : <alpine.SOC.1.00.1102012342200.25944 at 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 at tao.ma> Date : 2011-01-31 10:06 (77 days old) Message-ID : <4D46899B.80302 at tao.ma> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129646840303149&w=2 Regressions with patches ------------------------ 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 2.6.37 and 2.6.38, 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!
