I'm not sure if I'm having exactly the same issue but my kworker also makes CPU really high. It started from upgrade to Kubuntu 12.10: perf record is giving me: Samples: 39K of event 'cycles', Event count (approx.): 27911930181, Thread: kworker/0:2(558) + 46,65% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] native_read_tsc ◆ + 39,08% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] delay_tsc ▒ + 6,48% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] acpi_os_read_port ▒ + 4,38% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] acpi_ec_gpe_handler ▒ + 1,84% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] acpi_os_write_port ▒ + 0,27% kworker/0:2 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked
uname -a: Linux qwert 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:26:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Any ideas where to look further? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887793 Title: Kworker constantly taking about 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/887793/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs