Bug#986124: linux-image-4.19.0-16-amd64: Version 4.19.0-16 breaks lirc and vdr

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

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Hi David,

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:42:50AM +0200, David Ruetti wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.19.181-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Upgraded to latest packages and with Kernel 4.19.0-16 lirc stopped working. It cannot find /sys/class/rc and fills every second syslog:
> 
> Mar 30 00:09:45 supply lircd[296]: lircd-0.10.1[296]: Error: No /sys/class/rc/ devices found
> Mar 30 00:09:45 supply lircd-0.10.1[296]: Error: No /sys/class/rc/ devices found
> 
> Booting into 4.19.0-14, lirc work as expected. Breaking of lirc
> presumably affects vdr (vdr_2.4.1-4~etobi2_amd64.deb /
> packages.e-tobi.net vdr-experimental buster) as well. Vdr is working
> as expected on 4.19.0-14 kernel.

Would it be possible for you to check as well directly vanilla
upstream 4.19.181 and ideally 4.19.183 and if reproducible try to
bisect the offending commit introducing the issue?

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel/GitBisect might help here.

It might be related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1901089 and
896111dc4bcf ("media: rc: ensure that uevent can be read directly
after rc device register") from 5.11-rc6 but which was backported to
4.19.173 and 5.10.13.

Do you have the same problem running the backports kernel?

Regards,
Salvatore