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2.6.23-rc6: known regressions with patches

DISCUSSION Michal Piotrowski 3 participants 5 messages Sep 12, 2007

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Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.23-rc6 with patches available.

Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions

List of Aces

Name Regressions fixed since 21-Jun-2007

Adrian Bunk                            10
Linus Torvalds                         6
Alan Stern                             5
Andi Kleen                             5
Hugh Dickins                           5
Trond Myklebust                        5
Andrew Morton                          4
Al Viro                                3
Alexey Starikovskiy                    3
Cornelia Huck                          3
David S. Miller                        3
Jens Axboe                             3
Stephen Hemminger                      3
Tejun Heo                              3

Unclassified

Subject : Oops while modprobing phy fixed module
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/14/63
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Gabriel C <[email protected]>

Caused-By ?
Handled-By Satyam Sharma <[email protected]>

Vitaly Bordug <[email protected]>
Patch1 : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/18/506
Status : patch available

Drivercore

Subject : sysfs change of input/event devices in 2.6.23rc breaks udev
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/8/86
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Anssi Hannula <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/10/3
Status          : patch available

MTD

Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Patch           : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
Status          : patch available

Networking

Subject : 2.6.23-rc5: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/2/97
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Christian Kujau <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : jamal <[email protected]>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/159
Status          : patch available

USB

Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
Status          : patch available

Regards,
Michal

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Quoted 10 lines · Michal Piotrowski

MTD

Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Patch           : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
Status          : patch available

Didn't you already _drop_ this from your list of regressions once?

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MTD

Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Patch           : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
Status          : patch available
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Didn't you already _drop_ this from your list of regressions once?

Yeah :)

removed.

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Regards,
Michal

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Quoted 7 lines · Michal Piotrowski

Hi all,

Here is a list of some known regressions in 2.6.23-rc6 with patches available.
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MTD

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Subject : include/linux/mtd/map.h:128:2: error: #error "No bus width supported. What's the point?"
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/151
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Patch           : http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=241651d04d672fb685b2874707016cbbf95931e5
Status          : patch available

Not a regression, and simply a pointless configuration.

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USB

Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
Status          : patch available

Not a 2.6.23-rc regression (but IMHO the patch should be safe enough for 2.6.23).

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Regards,
Michal

cu
Adrian

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Quoted 1 line · Adrian Bunk

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 06:59:14PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:

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USB

Subject : build #246 failed for 2.6.23-rc6-g0d4cbb5 in linux/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/211
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Toralf Förster <[email protected]>

Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/11/284
Status          : patch available
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Not a 2.6.23-rc regression

Ok, I removed it from the list.

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(but IMHO the patch should be safe enough
for 2.6.23).

cu
Adrian

Regards,
Michal

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