linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: in linux 6.3.7-200.fc38.x86_64 goes vlc in time to switch tv channels to zombie-process

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Message-ID: <150a5670-8220-5c2f-351c-181ceeddf307@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:35:06 +0200
From:   Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:     Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: in linux 6.3.7-200.fc38.x86_64 goes vlc in time to switch tv
 channels to zombie-process

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
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>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 can't find any relevant differences for the dvb-usb-v2/dvbsky/si2168 drivers that
are used here, even if I diff between v6.2.1 and v6.4.1. So either fedora
applied some patch that is not in linux-stable, or the issue is elsewhere,
outside the media subsystem.

Regards,

	Hans