I'll add that if you google: kworker "bug soft lockup" You will find similar issues reported on the suse and red hat reporting systems, including one that claims to have provided a fix: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879252
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #879252 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879252 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011914 Title: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:566]; RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00c9d73>] [<ffffffffa00c9d73>] mei_timer+0xc3/0x260 [mei] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1011914/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
