It seems to be related to disk access, and therefore systems with an encrypted root file system might be more affected than others. Stephano, are you also using dm-crypt on an lvm2?
Anyways, thanks for all the effort Phillipe - let us know if we can help with testing or providing more information! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995284 Title: High idle load on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0-24-generic kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/995284/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs