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[Bug 1255610] Re: 100% CPU usage with "initctl emit plymouth-ready" process

 

Affects also my system: laptop Acer Aspire E17 E5-771G-7868 (with a
replaced HD, by an SSD disk, in case it matters). It happens quite often
(several times a week?):

» uname -a
Linux polyphemus.wavilon.net 3.13.0-45-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 13 19:36:28 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

» lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

» sudo cat /proc/1195/stack
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

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Title:
  100% CPU usage with "initctl emit plymouth-ready" process

Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  root       977 99.1  2.7  98668 93964 ?        R    12:59 453:31
  initctl emit plymouth-ready

  this makes my CPU very hot, I don't know how to debug deeper. Any
  ideas?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: upstart 1.10-0ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Nov 27 20:46:04 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-12 (625 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=d0d8bf63-cf4c-479f-9091-1f14156a902f ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-21 (37 days ago)
  UpstartBugCategory: System
  UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.10)
  UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.10)
  modified.conffile..etc.at.deny: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/at.deny']
  modified.conffile..etc.init.d.networking: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.networking: 2013-08-27T01:19:11
  upstart.upstart-file-bridge.log:
   Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/unicast_2dlocal_2davahi
   Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2dcrash
   Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2drelease

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