Some smart playlists empty.

I have been happily using an old iPod Touch as my car's music source.  I've had playlists defined that have been working fine on the Touch.  The playlists are somewhat complex, like
Match all:
Rating is greater than ...
Media Kind is ..
Genre contains ...
any
   Last Played is not in the last ...
   Last Skipped is not int the last ...
   Date Added is in the last ...
(live updating)
I recently updated the iOS on my Touch (the old version was old) and now some of these smart lists are empty on the iPod.  In iTunes, the lists are full of songs, as they always have been.  I've reset the iPod, resynced.  Nothing seems to help.  Has there been some change in the newest iOS versions that limit the capability of older Touches when it comes to complex smartlists?
Mac OS is 10.6.7, Touch iOS is 3.1.3

Could there be a limit on the number of songs for a smart list, beyond which the list displays nothing?  I have a number of smart playlists that use the rules above, for Jazz, Pop, Rock and others.  It's the two Rock lists that stay empry (one for ratings above 3 stars, the other for ratings above 2), the others work as they should.  The only differences between any of these is the number of stars and the genre.  For genre, I used "Rock", same as the genre in "get info" for any of my rock music.
Like I said earlier, iTunes does display all the music in every one of my smart playlists.  And my iPod Touch did the same thing until I updated the iOS yesterday.
It's a mystery!

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