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

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Thu Aug 31 2023 - 06:35:13 EST


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:
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>> I notice a regression report on Bugzilla [1]. Quoting from it:
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>> #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
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> #regzbot fix: 7cfab4c9dc09ca3a9d57c187894055a22bdcd
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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