| From: |
| Thomas Molina <tmolina@cox.net> |
| To: |
| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| 2.5 Problem Report Status |
| Date: |
| Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:57:59 -0500 (CDT) |
| Cc: |
| Stian Jordet <liste@jordet.nu>,
Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>,
Burton Windle <bwindle@fint.org>,
Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>,
<caligula@cam029208.student.utwente.nl>,
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
Stephen Marz <smarz@host187.south.iit.edu>,
"ALESSANDRO.SUARDI" <ALESSANDRO.SUARDI@oracle.com>,
Bob_Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>,
Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> |
The following status report update can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/021004-status.html
The latest update can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
Notes:
* Items marked closed or probable fix will be deleted after Linus
issues the next patch version
* Numerous people are reporting oops on boot in 2.5.39. It appears
the problems are all caused by a bug in isapnp initialization. The
fix is either to disable isapnp or patch in a workaround.
Status Discussion Problem Title
open 30 Sep 2002 KVM/Mouse problem
1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103299680529254&w=2
The problem was beeing investigated, but I never saw any reference to a
fix being submitted to Linus.
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open 20 Sep 2002 AIC7XXX boot failure
2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103356254615324&w=2
There have been problems reported off and on with this driver in 2.5.
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open 18 Sep 2002 Dead loop on virtual device lo
3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2
This was reported for 2.5.36, but I've not seen any followups nor
reference to a fix. There have been several updates to loop.c. Does this
problem still exist? I'm ready to delete it from the list.
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open 18 Sep 2002 DRM/XFree issue
4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238121815285&w=2
This was reported for 2.5.36, but I've not seen any followups nor
reference to a fix. There have been several updates referring to DRM.
Does this problem still exist? I'm getting ready to drop it from the
list.
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open 20 Sep 2002 oops in lock_get_status
5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2
This was being discussed, then data was requested by Matthew Wilcox
<willy@debian.org> off-list. I've seen no further followups. What is the
status of this? I'm getting ready to drop it from the list.
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open 04 Oct 2002 scheduling while atomic oops
6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103270005902896&w=2
This appears to be a long-running problem. Is it related to the group of
problems below involving "function might sleep while holding a lock" or is
it a scheduling system problem?
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open 30 Sep 2002 ide-scsi kernel panic
7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103336376827272&w=2
Several people have reported problems with ide-scsi either oopsing,
locking up, or causing problems when being inserted or removed. I have
seen any reference to a fix for this one.
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open 29 Sep 2002 IDE problems on prePCI
8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> reported this problem and proposed a
patch. Was the patch accepted, and did it fix the problem?
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open 02 Oct 2002 modular IDE broken
9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281667726673&w=2
Doctor, Doctor it hurts when I build ide modular. Well don't do that
then. Alan Cox says this won't be fixed until all other problems with the
ide system get fixed.
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fix available 02 Oct 2002 loadlin boot problem
10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351848816172&w=2
I'm going to delete this one when Linus issues 2.5.41 unless someone
objects.
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open 25 Sep 2002 2.5.38-mm2 aha152x module fails
11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296031616858&w=2
Is this specific to the mm tree or does the problem also exist in Linus'
tree? I've not seen reference to a fix.
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open 27 Sep 2002 loop trying to go beyond end of
device
12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103315199307542&w=2
This problem was reported for 2.5.38. I've seen no updates, nor any
reference to a fix. Does the problem still exist in 2.5.40?
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open 29 Sep 2002 USB Mass Storage Conflicts
13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103332858305678&w=2
Stephen Marz <smarz@host187.south.iit.edu> reported this problem for
2.5.38. I've not seen any followups, nor any reference to a fix. Does
the problem still exist?
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open 29 Sep 2002 Oracle 9.2 goes OOM on startup
14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103333545310595&w=2
This problem was reported for 2.5.39. I have seen neither a followup, nor
a reference to a fix. Does this problem still exist in 2.5.40?
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open 23 Sep 2002 oops in vsnprintf (2.5-bk)
15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282505101823&w=2
More than one person has reported problems when doing a bk pull. Is this
a driver problem, or an application problem?
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open 25 Sep 2002 oops with kernel LLC
16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296919327682&w=2
followups 29 Sep 2002
17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103334051214575&w=2
rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob_Tracy) reported this for 2.5.38. He was
requested to try the next version to see if the problem still exists. I
have not seen a followup. Does the problem still exist?
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open 27 Sep 2002 oops on modprobe sg
18. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103313163215676&w=2
This problem appears related to the other ide-scsi problem reported above.
Should there be a single item tracking problems with inserting and
removing ide-scsi related modules?
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open 29 Sep 2002 oops on boot in 2.5.39
19. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103334726918669&w=2
additional report 01 Oct 2002 also in 2.5.40
20. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103343520729702&w=2
Several people have reported oops on boot in device_attach. It may be
related to isapnp, but that is not confirmed.
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open 30 Sep 2002 P4 clock modulation crash
21. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103341311908313&w=2
possible fix available 01 Oct 2002
22. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103341862014756&w=2
This was reported for 2.5.39. Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> reported
a probable fix and sent it to Linus. I will delete this item when Linus
issues 2.5.41 unless someone objects.
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possible fix available 03 Oct 2002 Menuconfig is broken
23. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103356058613554&w=2
Numerous people reported this problem, and a fix was discussed. I will
await results from 2.5.41 testing to decide whether to delete this item or
not.
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open 2.5.40 init_irq() function doing unsafe
things inside ide_lock
24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103316967724891&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 usb_hub_events() does down() in
hub_event_lock
25. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103317380027379&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 pci_pool_create() calling
device_create_file() under
pools_lock
26. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103317380227383&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 register_console() called in illegal
context
27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 eata2x_detect() calls port_detect()
under driver_lock
28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281310122580&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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fix in bk 2.5.40 sys_ioperm() is calling
kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) in
preempt_disable()
29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281732827302&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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fix in bk 2.5.40 snd_pcm_oss_poll() calls poll_wait()
in runtime->lock
30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281732827302&w=2
possible fix available 04 Oct 2002 sg_init() vmalloc() in
write_lock_irqsave
31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103327490712028&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 snd_ctl_elem_write() calls
snd_ctl_notify() under read_lock
32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103327490412023&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 2.5.40 sym_eh_handler does down(&ep->sem)
and might sleep
33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103372067026942&w=2
Might sleep while holding a lock.
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open 03 Oct 2002 module loading problem
34. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351991417181&w=2
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open 02 Oct 2002 raid0_make_request bug
35. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103357721401461&w=2
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open 02 Oct 2002 Keyboard problems
36. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103352741722028&w=2
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open 03 Oct 2002 ACPI Mutex failure
37. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103369523011536&w=2
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open 02 Oct 2002 DAC960 broken
38. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103351317411581&w=2
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open 02 Oct 2002 oops when rebooting 2.5.40 in
driverfs_remove_file
39. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033404384&w=2
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open 04 Oct 2002 SCSI st tape wrong minor
40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033204377&w=2
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open 04 Oct 2002 serial cons prob on reboot in 2.5
41. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103382033004372&w=2
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