LP:919350 Regression Commit Identified

[Tim Gardner]

On 01/26/2012 01:18 PM, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> Hi Tim and Leann,
>
> The commit that caused the regression for bug 919350[1] has been
> identified:
>
> e9925217e61dd3594f81b415f2b7e077426f208f
>
> What do you suggest as the next step? Should I notify the patch creator,
> privately, or maybe on LKML?
>
> Should I create a formatted patch and request the commit get reverted on
> the Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing list or maybe request someone review the
> commit? I haven't looked too closely at the changes in the commit code
> yet, but I will.
>
> Also, I've been bisecting a few other bugs as well. For example, I
> believe the commit that caused the regression in bug 917962 [2] has been
> identified as well - just waiting for the bug commenters to test. So
> whatever process you recommend, I'll use going forward for these types
> of bugs.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/919350
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/917962

Maybe you should hassle the upstream dudes about this one. Also, since 
its a backport, take a really close look to make sure there were no errors.

Cc'ing u-k-t and the stable team since this is an Oneiric regression.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com