I have the same problem. 
Ubuntu: 11.10 64bits (up to date), FS ext4
jbd2 is writing every few secs.
                                        iotop -obtqqq | grep jbd2
18:17:01   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    0.00 B/s  0.00 %  0.06 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:03   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    7.76 K/s  0.00 % 69.12 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:05   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s   31.05 K/s  0.00 % 56.13 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]
18:17:11   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    0.00 B/s  0.00 %  4.33 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]
18:17:11   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    3.88 K/s  0.00 %  3.95 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:12   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    3.88 K/s  0.00 %  2.47 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:17   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    0.00 B/s  0.00 %  3.56 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]
18:17:17   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    3.88 K/s  0.00 %  3.20 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:23   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    0.00 B/s  0.00 %  3.98 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]
18:17:26   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    3.88 K/s  0.00 %  3.76 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:29   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    7.74 K/s  0.00 %  7.27 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]
18:17:32   905 be/3 root        0.00 B/s   34.91 K/s  0.00 %  4.23 % 
[jbd2/sda2-8]
18:17:34   277 be/3 root        0.00 B/s    0.00 B/s  0.00 %  4.40 % 
[jbd2/sda1-8]

 Here is my /etc/fstab:
UUID=f5336321-c585-411c-92b8-8ac474cbebb6 /               ext4    
errors=remount-ro,noatime,commit=60 0       1
UUID=c5f2e2bd-6292-4733-93f6-da9b3ed0ec4e /home           ext4    
defaults,noatime,commit=60        0       2
UUID=324f9108-1336-48ce-93d6-cbba235cc683 none            swap    sw            
  0       0

Any progress on this issue? Thank you for your time and help!

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  jbd2 writing block every 5 - 10 seconds, preventing disk spin-down and
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