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2.6.22 regressions

Timers

To:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>

Subject    : 2.6.21-git4 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! 
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/2/511
Submitter  : Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com>
Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Status     : problem is being debugged

Networking

To:
netdev@vger.kernel.org
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>

Subject    : kernel BUG at include/net/tcp.h:739
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/2/464
Submitter  : Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com>
Caused-By  : Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
             commit 34588b4c046c34773e5a1a962da7b78b05c4d1bd
Status     : Unknown

New regressions (submitted after 2.6.21 a.k.a. for -stable team)

Part 2

To:
stable@kernel.org
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Brett Ryland <nappers@gmail.com>
Daniele Venzano <venza@brownhat.org>
Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org>
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk>
Rafał Bilski <rafalbilski@interia.pl>
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@frankvm.com>
Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Pallai Roland <dap@mail.index.hu>
Croulder Croulder <croulder@gmail.com>
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

Subject    : kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:596
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/2/277
Submitter  : Croulder Croulder <croulder@gmail.com>
Status     : Unknown

Subject    : soft lockup on XFS write (by nfsd)
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8414
Submitter  : Pallai Roland <dap@mail.index.hu>
Status     : Unknown

Subject    : 2.6.21: longhaul freq-scaling broken
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/1/260
Submitter  : Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Patch      : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=07844252ffd81ec192a62014bada1016c9703765
Status     : patch available

Subject    : libata /dev/scd0 problem: mount after burn fails without eject 
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/1/256
Submitter  : Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@frankvm.com>
Status     : Unknown

Subject    : Kernel hang at "kernel: switched to high resolution mode on cpu 0" when 
             either/both of CONFIG_NO_HZ, CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is used
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/30/464
Submitter  : Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
Handled-By : Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
             Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/13/190
Status     : patch was suggested

Subject    : ACPI related kernel panic
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/30/193
             http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8385
Submitter  : Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
Patches    : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=11331&action=view
             http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=11332&action=view
Status     : patches was suggested

Subject    : 2.6.21 frozen for a few minutes, swapping to disk
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/29/107
Submitter  : Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org>
Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
             Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Status     : problem is being debugged

Subject    : sis900 oops in 2.6.21.1 after bringing up the network
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/29/138
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/29/151
Patch      : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc5a144991ba803bc8afded105c9db1dea0e57ab
Submitter  : Brett Ryland <nappers@gmail.com>
Status     : patch available

Subject    : possible circular locking dependency detected in ext3
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/215
Submitter  : Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
Status     : Unknow

Part 1

To:
stable@kernel.org
Linux Kernel Mailing List < linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
Riccardo Ricci < rricci@nuovanetmore.it >,
Udo A. Steinberg < us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de >,
Len Brown < len.brown@intel.com >,
David Brownell < david-b@pacbell.net >,
Jeff Mahoney < jeffm@suse.com >,
reiserfs-dev@namesys.com ,
Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>,
Francois SIMOND <curio@free.fr>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Håkan Lindqvist <lindqvist@netstar.se>,
Vincent Frentzel <zcecc22@ucl.ac.uk>,
François Valenduc <francois.valenduc@skynet.be>,
Giorgio Lando <patroclo7@gmail.com>
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
David Cary Hart <davidhart@tqmcube.com>

Subject    : Hard Lock Subsequent to Boot
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8392
Submitter  : David Cary Hart <davidhart@tqmcube.com>
Status     : Fixed in -git4

Subject    : kernel crash at boot with maxcpus=1 on quad core
             kernel BUG at drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c:1023
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/460
Submitter  : Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Status     : Unknow

Subject    : Soft lockup on CPU0 when resuming from suspension to ram, related to acpi processor module
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8391
Submitter  : Giorgio Lando <patroclo7@gmail.com>
Status     : Unknow

Subject    : Long pause initializating usb-storage
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8380
Submitter  : Vincent Frentzel <zcecc22@ucl.ac.uk>
Status     : Unknow

Subject    : Multpiple problem when thermal is loaded with kernel 2.6.21
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8385
Submitter  : François Valenduc <francois.valenduc@skynet.be>
Status     : Unknow

Subject    : 2.6.21: sky2 "hw csum failure" problem
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/28/105
             http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7579
Submitter  : Håkan Lindqvist <lindqvist@netstar.se>
Handled-By : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Status     : problem is being debugged

Subject    : sky2 regression in 2.6.21: Asus P5B-E Plus ethernet adapter no more supported  
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/26/599
Submitter  : Francois SIMOND <curio@free.fr> 
Handled-By : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Status     : unknown

Subject    : 2.6.21 - BUG: at arch/i386/kernel/smp.c:177 send_IPI_mask_bitmask()
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/621
Submitter  : Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>
Status     : unknown

Subject    : 2.6.21 don't boot, it stops after ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15).
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/400
Submitter  : Riccardo Ricci < rricci@nuovanetmore.it >
Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Status     : unknown

Subject    : ACPI interpreter errors
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/206
Submitter  : Udo A. Steinberg < us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de >
Handled-By : Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Status     : unknown

Subject    : reiserfs -- circular locking
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/26/648
Submitter  : David Brownell < david-b@pacbell.net >
Handled-By : Jeff Mahoney < jeffm@suse.com >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/332
Status     : patch available

Distro-tracked regressions

Gentoo

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This list is kept relatively up-to-date. Gentoo kernels are only lightly patched, and the majority of bugs have been reproduced on unpatched kernels and reported upstream. Gentoo only track release kernels, not -rc releases (it's nice to see the scope of Adrian's previous work increased).

Regressions from an old list of Adrian's

Part 1

To:
Linux Kernel Mailing List < linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >,
Andi Kleen < ak@suse.de >,
Oliver Neukum < oneukum@suse.de >,
greg@kroah.com ,
linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
CIJOML <cijoml@volny . cz>,
Markus Rechberger < markus.rechberger@amd.com >,
v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org,
Hans-Georg Rist < hg.rist@web.de >,
perex@suse.cz,
alsa-devel@alsa-project.org,
Michal Piotrowski < michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com >,
Takashi Iwai < tiwai@suse.de >

Subject    : hal daemon crashes after pulling a USB serial device
References : http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/6369800.html
Submitter  : Andi Kleen < ak@suse.de >
Handled-By : Oliver Neukum < oneukum@suse.de >
Status     : problem is being debugged

Subject    : Oops when changing USB DVB-T adapter
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/9/212
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/5/154
Submitter  : CIJOML < cijoml@volny . cz >
Handled-By : Markus Rechberger < markus.rechberger@amd.com >
Status     : patches available

Subject    : snd_hda_intel doesn't work with ASUS M2V mainboard
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8273
Submitter  : Hans-Georg Rist < hg.rist@web.de >
Status     : unknown

Subject    : snd_intel8x0: divide error: 0000
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/5/252
Submitter  : Michal Piotrowski < michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com >
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai < tiwai@suse.de >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/20/117
Status     : patch available

Part 2

To:
Linux Kernel Mailing List < linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >,
Olaf Kirch < okir@lst.de >,
lenb@kernel.org,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
Michal Jaegermann < michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca >,
jgarzik@pobox.com ,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org ,
Stephen Clark < Stephen.Clark@seclark.us >,
David Miller < davem@davemloft.net >,
Robert Peterson < rpeterso@redhat.com >,
linux-driver@qlogic.com,
James.Bottomley@steeleye.com,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org

Subject    : ACPI: Crashes + hangs during modprobe processor unless "processor.nocst"
References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8346
Submitter  : Olaf Kirch < okir@lst.de >
Status     : unknown

Subject    : kernels fail to boot with drives on ATIIXP controller (ACPI/IRQ related)
References : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229621
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/4/257
Submitter  : Michal Jaegermann < michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca >
Status     : unknown

Subject    : ali_pata: boot from CD fails
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/31/160
Submitter  : Stephen Clark < Stephen.Clark@seclark.us >
Status     : unknown

Subject    : qla2xxx driver no longer works
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/16/49
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/20/224
Submitter  : David Miller < davem@davemloft.net >
             Robert Peterson < rpeterso@redhat.com >
Handled-By : David Miller < davem@davemloft.net >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/16/234
Status     : patch was suggested

Part 3

To:
Linux Kernel Mailing List < linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >,
Guilherme Schroeder < guilherme@centralinf.com.br >,
Thomas Gleixner < tglx@linutronix.de >,
John Stultz < johnstul@us.ibm.com >,
Ingo Molnar < mingo@elte.hu >,
Mikael Pettersson < mikpe@it.uu.se >,
ak@suse.de,
discuss@x86-64.org,
Jeff Chua < jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com >,
pavel@suse.cz,
linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Rafael J. Wysocki < rjw@sisk.pl >,
Tobias Diedrich < ranma+kernel@tdiedrich.de >,
Dmitry Torokhov < dtor@insightbb.com >

Subject: HPET enabled freeze my machine at boot workaround: clocksource=acpi_pm
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/19/370
Submitter  : Guilherme Schroeder < guilherme@centralinf.com.br >
Caused-By  : Thomas Gleixner < tglx@linutronix.de >
             commit 5d8b34fdcb384161552d01ee8f34af5ff11f9684
Handled-By : John Stultz < johnstul@us.ibm.com >
Status     : problem is being debugged

Subject    : acpi_pm clocksource loses time on x86-64
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/17/143
Submitter  : Mikael Pettersson < mikpe@it.uu.se >
Handled-By : John Stultz < johnstul@us.ibm.com >
Status     : problem is being debugged

Subject    : suspend to disk hangs  (CONFIG_NO_HZ)
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/25/217
Submitter  : Jeff Chua < jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com >
Status     : unknown

Subject    : suspend to disk works only once
workaround: "echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/13/240
Submitter  : Tobias Diedrich < ranma+kernel@tdiedrich.de >
Caused-By  : Rafael J. Wysocki < rjw@sisk.pl >
             commit ed746e3b18f4df18afa3763155972c5835f284c5
Handled-By : Rafael J. Wysocki < rjw@sisk.pl >
             Dmitry Torokhov < dtor@insightbb.com >
Status     : problem is being debugged