Here is an output from the console of a system experiencing this issue. This bug occurs after executing "sudo poweroff" and "sudo shutdown -h now" This issue was found on trusty-updates and trusty- proposed. It wasn't seen in the released version.
$ uname -a Linux am5 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:32:32 UTC 2014 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux U-Boot 2013.04-mustang_sw_1.13.28-beta (Aug 25 2014 - 14:16:10) ubuntu@am5:~$ sudo poweroff Broadcast message from ubuntu@am5 (/dev/ttyS0) at 17:33 ... The system is going down for power off NOW! ubuntwait-for-state stop/waiting * Stopping rsync daemon rsync [ OK ] * Asking all remaining processes to terminate... [ OK ] * All processes ended within 1 seconds... [ OK ] * Deactivating swap... [ OK ] * Unmounting local filesystems... [ OK ] * Will now halt [22800.565563] reboot: System halted [22828.004581] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [22856.004581] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [22884.004581] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [22912.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [22940.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [22968.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [22996.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23024.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23052.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23080.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23108.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [23136.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [23164.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [23192.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [23220.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] [23248.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23276.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23304.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23332.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] [23360.004580] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [halt:2059] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404335 Title: xgene: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [halt:2059] on poweroff Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] Fixes an issue where after the system halts the cpu starts to experience soft lockups. [Test Case] The most reliable means of reproducing this issue is to 'sudo poweroff' the system from the console. [Regression Potential] These patches are upstream patches that have been in the utopic kernel for quite a while and only affect the arm64 architecture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1404335/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp