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

 

Possibly dupe with #1173915?

I too am seeing 100% cpu on initctl, after a nearly three month uptime
on 14.04:

Linux dorset.bryceharrington.org 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri
Aug 15 01:58:42 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /proc/1327/stack
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

# uptime
 17:24:15 up 87 days, 13:54,  9 users,  load average: 1.00, 1.01, 1.05

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

# ls -l /proc/1327/fd
total 0
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 11 02:39 0 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 11 02:39 1 -> /dev/pts/24
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 11 02:39 2 -> /dev/pts/24
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 11 02:39 3 -> socket:[9674]

# lsof | grep 9674
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() nfs4 file system /srv/Backup
      Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
initctl    1327             root    3u     unix 0xffff8807ef6f2680      0t0       9674 socket

# strace -p 9674
...
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162120) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162112) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162103) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162095) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162087) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162078) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1023162070) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
...

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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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