@Matt, No I don't see anything particularly unusual in the logs at all :\
Also, as suggested by Gavin, I rebooted my EC2 instance until I got a machine with CPU model 23 and have not had a repeat of the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708920 Title: Strange 'fork/clone' blocking behavior under high cpu usage on EC2 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs