Tried booting into old kernels from Debian Snapshots, down to linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64. Problem persists. Either I just didn't notice it before, or the problem originated from something other than kernel.
- Bug#925557: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: kworker CPU hog, abunda... Vladimir K
- Bug#925557: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: kworker CPU hog, a... Vladimir K