On 31/08/2023 13:00, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
On 31.08.23 12:35, Hans Verkuil wrote:
On 31/08/2023 11:26, Linux regression tracking #update (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
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On 19.06.23 02:24, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
I notice a regression report on Bugzilla [1]. Quoting from it: [...]
#regzbot introduced: v6.3.5..v6.3.7 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217566 #regzbot title: switching TV channel causes VLC and firmware loading hang
#regzbot fix: 7cfab4c9dc09ca3a9d57c187894055a22bdcd #regzbot ignore-activity
Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
Everything you wanna know about Linux kernel regression tracking: https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/about/#tldr That page also explains what to do if mails like this annoy you.
From what I can gather from the bugzilla report, whatever the issue was appears
to be resolved or at least improved in later kernels.
I'm pretty (but not 100%) sure the initial report in that ticket were issues caused by a backport of a patch that was reverted later: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230609082238.3671398-1-mchehab@kernel.org/
Ah, you have a better memory than I have. That might well be the culprit. I didn't check for changes in the dvb core, I should have done that.
That patch was introduced in 6.3.7 and reverted in 6.3.9.
That doesn't quite match the "#regzbot introduced: v6.3.5..v6.3.7" report, though. I wonder if fedora backported that problematic patch to their v6.3.5 release?
Regards,
Hans
The versions when the problems started and some feedback in the ticket when things started working again (like https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217566#c15 – 6.3.9 was when the revert came to 6.3.y) are strong indicators for that.
But yes, more people showed up in the ticket with problems that might or might not be related to the initial problem and things got confusing. I told them to report those problems separately. Ideally somebody would look into that and check if they did, yes, but I chose to ignore things at that point, as regression tracking is quite hard already and I have to draw lines somewhere. I often hate that, but otherwise I don't get much work done. :-/
Ciao, Thorsten