2.6.38-rc7-git4: Reported regressions 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sun Mar 06 2011 - 07:45:27 EST

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This message contains a list of some post-2.6.36 regressions introduced before
2.6.37, 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-2.6.36 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
----------------------------------------
2011-03-06 132 28 23
2011-02-21 128 35 26
2011-02-13 126 36 30
2011-02-03 118 36 31
2010-12-30 85 32 26
2010-12-19 73 28 24
2010-12-03 55 25 19
2010-11-19 39 29 25

Unresolved regressions
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Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28812
Subject : DVI attached monitor is turned off while booting linux 2.6.37 and higher
Submitter : Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-10 19:33 (25 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28772
Subject : oops in nfs_revalidate_mapping
Submitter : Daniel Poelzleithner <bugzilla.kernel.org@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-10 13:59 (25 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28662
Subject : i915 in kernel 2.6.38-rc4, high number of wakeups
Submitter : Kan-Ru Chen <kanru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-09 07:06 (26 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28622
Subject : radeon video lockup
Submitter : Daniel Poelzleithner <bugzilla.kernel.org@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-08 17:48 (27 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28612
Subject : regular soft lockup
Submitter : Alexandre Demers <alexandre.f.demers@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-08 16:39 (27 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28582
Subject : whole system hang when start X
Submitter : Gu Rui <chaos.proton@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-08 08:33 (27 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/d5bb081b027b520f9e59b4fb8faea83a136ec15e

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28332
Subject : [RV620] Can not re-enable LVDS after using HDMI only
Submitter : RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-05 22:42 (30 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27892
Subject : SNB: GPU hang with Slip xscreensaver
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-31 12:06 (35 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27842
Subject : [regression?] hang with 2.6.37 on a BTRFS test machine
Submitter : Martin Steigerwald <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-23 12:06 (43 days old)
Message-ID : <<201101231306.23069.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129578445613283&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27642
Subject : 2.6.37 says WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1287 setup_local_APIC+0x18f/0x263()
Submitter : Rob Landley <rlandley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-18 13:11 (48 days old)
Message-ID : <4D359188.3040408@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129535632319892&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27152
Subject : VGA output broken at cold boot
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-20 13:26 (46 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27132
Subject : flush-btrfs gets into an infinite loop
Submitter : Artem Anisimov <aanisimov@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-20 11:51 (46 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26802
Subject : b43: Suspend failed
Submitter : Patrick MatthÃi <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-15 18:56 (51 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26612
Subject : BUG in fs/inode.c:429
Submitter : Florian Kriener <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-06 16:35 (60 days old)
Message-ID : <201101061735.40060.florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129433235223735&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26582
Subject : NULL pointer dereference on pipe creation
Submitter : Ferenc WÃgner <wferi@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-12 13:30 (54 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26112
Subject : [LogFS] [2.6.37-rc8+] Kernel BUG at logfs/readwrite.c:297!
Submitter : Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-02 21:22 (64 days old)
Message-ID : <AANLkTinpoM8FuG8UkF88xs_V37dz_wgE8t-s0JPzaS-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129400335910652&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26102
Subject : [2.6.37-rc8] BUG kmalloc-256: Poison overwritten.
Submitter : Pawel Sikora <pluto@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-30 15:08 (67 days old)
Message-ID : <201012301608.40859.pluto@xxxxxxxx>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129372388925679&w=2

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26042
Subject : BUG: NULL pointer dereference at shrink_dcache_parent
Submitter : Ferenc WÃgner <wferi@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-03 10:49 (63 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25832
Subject : kernel crashes upon resume if usb devices are removed when suspended
Submitter : rocko <rockorequin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-29 11:47 (68 days old)

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25732
Subject : i915 turns picture green when display switched off-on
Submitter : TÃnu Raitviir <jussuf@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-27 22:14 (70 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/3c17fe4b8f40a112a85758a9ab2aebf772bdd647
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-13 11:09 (84 days old)
Handled-By : Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-11-05 1:30 (122 days old)
Message-ID : <20101105013003.GE13830@dastard>
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128892062917641&w=2

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@xxxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-11-10 19:33 (117 days old)

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

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30322
Subject : BUG in xs_tcp_setup_socket
Submitter : Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-03-01 20:34 (6 days old)
Patch : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.nfs/38949

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29722
Subject : kworker consumes ~100% CPU on HP Elitebook 8540w after resume
Submitter : Ortwin GlÃck <odi@xxxxxx>
Date : 2011-02-23 11:49 (12 days old)
Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/604371/

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27202
Subject : Remote control of saa7134-based tv card "ASUSTeK P7131 Hybrid" stopped working in 2.6.37
Submitter : <acaizzo@xxxxxxxxx>
Date : 2011-01-20 17:23 (46 days old)
First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/4651918a4afdd49bdea21d2f919b189ef17a6399
Handled-By : Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=44532

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25922
Subject : IdeaPad Y530 brightness keys not functioning
Submitter : Tomasz <tm.temp@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-30 12:48 (67 days old)
Handled-By : Ike Panhc <ikepanhc@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=48702

Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24982
Subject : Inconsistent DPMS handling with 2.6.37 DRM
Submitter : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Date : 2010-12-16 16:32 (81 days old)
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=40392
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/530921/

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 2.6.36 and 2.6.37, 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!

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