Looks similar to bug # 585657 (similar dmesg on the client) which was solved for 10.10
This morning my workstation hung on reading a large file after I wrote a big file. Looping nfsd daemons on the server... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879334 Title: nfsd from nfs-kernel-server very slow and system load from 25%-100% from nfsd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/879334/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs