Public bug reported:

Top is showing that 2 CPUs are being consumed at nearly 100% each:

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND     
 3916 king      20   0 1160372 264036  50188 S 198.7  4.5  36:54.78 firefox  

Seems like it is spinning in pthread_cond_wait()

(gdb) where
#0  pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at 
../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185
#1  0x00007fefa1de3f28 in PR_WaitCondVar () from /usr/lib/firefox/libnspr4.so
#2  0x00007fefa1de4218 in PR_Wait () from /usr/lib/firefox/libnspr4.so
#3  0x00007fef9dfdd172 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#4  0x00007fef9dfde17d in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#5  0x00007fef9e99e0ae in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#6  0x00007fef9e99e0cd in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#7  0x00007fef9dfa421b in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#8  0x00007fef9e99e387 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#9  0x00007fef9e99e3c3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#10 0x00007fef9dfbf2b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#11 0x00007fef9dfbf88a in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#12 0x00007fef9dfa70a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#13 0x00007fef9eeba08f in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#14 0x00007fef9eebe940 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#15 0x00007fef9eebeb5a in XRE_main () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
#16 0x00007fefa33503c1 in _start ()
(gdb) quit

..and looks like it's possibly spinning on a futex

System calls traced:
  PID  Process              Syscall               Count    Rate/Sec    Total 
μSecs  % Call Time
  3916 firefox              futex                     1       0.0167            
 0      0.0000

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: firefox 28.0+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-lowlatency 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-lowlatency x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  king       3531 F.... pulseaudio
BrokenPermissions:
 sessionstore.bak (0o600, wrong owner)
 sessionstore.js (0o600, wrong owner)
BuildID: 20140313141126
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar 15 16:32:27 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org
 English (South Africa) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org
 Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-09 (95 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131209)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.14  metric 1 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.20  metric 9 
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.122.1
MostRecentCrashID: bp-77eb6b98-c032-4092-a561-b70f22130104
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=28.0/20140313141126
RelatedPackageVersions:
 rhythmbox-mozilla 3.0.1-1ubuntu15
 google-talkplugin 5.1.5.0-1
 totem-mozilla     3.10.1-1ubuntu3
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog: Mar 15 16:30:27 lenovo kernel: [ 1278.310072] ptrace of pid 3916 
was attempted by: gdb (pid 5412)
dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G2ET31WW (1.11 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2320CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ET31WW(1.11):bd05/24/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2320CTO:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn2320CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2320CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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