2.6.24-rc5-git4: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Dec 17 2007 - 19:45:48 EST


[Special thanks to Ingo for helping me prepare the statistics.]

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.23 reported since
2.6.24-rc1 was released, 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 2.6.23, 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.

Listed regressions statistics:

Date Total Pending Unresolved
----------------------------------------
Today 115 29 15
2007-12-12 106 31 17
2007-12-08 98 29 19
2007-12-01 85 29 18
2007-11-24 75 25 21
2007-11-19 68 26 21
2007-11-17 65 25 20


Subject : EHCI causes system to resume instantly from S4
Submitter : Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-10-28 14:56
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/27/66
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9258
Handled-By : "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch :
Workaround : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9258#c30


Subject : PATA scan: ACPI Exception AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT... is beyond end of object
Submitter : Hans de Bruin <bruinjm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-07 13:34
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9320
Handled-By : Robert Moore <Robert.Moore@xxxxxxxxx>
Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Fu Michael <michael.fu@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/26379


Subject : snd_hda_intel 2.6.24-rc2 bug: interrupts don't always work on Lenovo X60s
Submitter : Roland Dreier <rdreier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-08 14:55
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/8/255
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9332
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/16/66


Subject : cd/dvd inaccessible in 2.6.24-rc2
Submitter : Will Trives <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-11 10:36
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/9/290
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9346
Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=13987&action=view


Subject : v2.6.24-rc2-409-g9418d5d: attempt to access beyond end of device
Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-13 13:11
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/13/250
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9370
Handled-By : Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : SError: { DevExch } occuring and causing disruption
Submitter : Avuton Olrich <avuton@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-15 22:39
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9393
Handled-By : Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : Not work light of button-led with module b43 in chipset broadcom 4318
Submitter : Cristian Aravena Romero <caravena@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-19 20:15
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9414
Handled-By : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=119763729709783&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=119767190601835&w=2


Subject : 2.6.24-rc3 can't see sd partitions on Alpha
Submitter : Bob Tracy <rct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-25 03:55
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/18/3
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9457
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/11/141


Subject : 2.6.24-rc3-git2 softlockup detected
Submitter : Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-28 15:46
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/28/16
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9472
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/15/41


Subject : jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3
Submitter : Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-11-29 08:36
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/24/53
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9475
Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/7/132


Subject : 20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24
Submitter : Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-02 04:23
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/1/141
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9489
Handled-By : Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : 2.6.24: false double-clicks from USB mouse
Submitter : Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-02 12:05
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/2/86
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9492
Handled-By : Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : Battery shows up twice in kpowersave
Submitter : Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-03 12:06
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9494
Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : kobject ->k_name memory leak
Submitter : Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-03 13:42
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/3/20
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9496
Handled-By : Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : PS3: trouble with SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP and kexec
Submitter : Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-03 14:12
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/3/137
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9499
Handled-By : Milton Miller <miltonm@xxxxxxx>
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Yasunori Goto <y-goto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/5/73


Subject : 2.6.24-rc4 hwmon it87 probe fails
Submitter : Mike Houston <mikeserv@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-06 17:10
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/4/466
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9514
Handled-By : Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 15s! [swapper:0]
Submitter : "Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-07 18:14
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/7/299
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9525
Handled-By : "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx>
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : STD regression rc1 -> rc234, suspend fails completely
Submitter : Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-09 05:39
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/8/34
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9530
Handled-By : Robert Hancock <hancockr@xxxxxxx>
Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/26379


Subject : 2.6.24-rc4: some ahci/acpi interaction causes delays during boot
Submitter : PaX Team <pageexec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-10 05:55
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9533
Handled-By : Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/26379


Subject : System reboots after restoring hibernation image (s2disk)
Submitter : Adam Jones <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-11 02:11
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9541
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9541#c2


Subject : BUG: bad unlock balance detected!
Submitter : Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@xxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-11 03:17
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9542
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1055)
Submitter : Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@xxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-11 03:20
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9543
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : [crash] kernel BUG at drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c:1060!
Submitter : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-12 10:33
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/12/52
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9549
Handled-By : Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/12/268


Subject : PATA_HPT37X embezzles two ports
Submitter : "Bjoern Olausson" <lkmlist@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-12 11:05
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/12/161
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9551
Handled-By :
Patch :


Subject : Could not set non-blocking flag with 2.6.24-rc5
Submitter : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-13 16:27
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/13/392
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9557
Handled-By :
Patch :


Subject : s2ram regression
Submitter : Jan Willies <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-16 12:02
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9585
Handled-By : Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@xxxxxxxxx>
Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Patch :


Subject : lack of /proc/net/ax25 with 2.6.24-rc5
Submitter : Bernard Pidoux <pidoux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-17 13:34
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/16/131
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9589
Handled-By : "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/17/372


Subject : 2.6.24-rc5: tape drive not responding
Submitter : "John Stoffel" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-17 13:56
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/16/199
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9591
Handled-By : FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/17/407


Subject : swapping in 2.6.24-rc5-git3
Submitter : Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2007-12-17 14:04
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/17/98
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9592
Handled-By : Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Patch :


For details, please 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 2.6.23,
unresolved as well as resolved, at:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9243

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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