I'm not sure this will fix it, but it might. It seems possible that if the jfsCommit thread is kept busy, and the metadata it is operating on is all in cache, it could hold onto the cpu longer than it should.
** Attachment added: "add call to cond_resched() in jfs_lazycommit()" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20450228/resched.patch -- kernel BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s! [jfsCommit:2338] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283843 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs