Affects also my system: laptop Acer Aspire E17 E5-771G-7868 (with a replaced HD, by an SSD disk, in case it matters). It happens quite often (several times a week?):
» uname -a Linux polyphemus.wavilon.net 3.13.0-45-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 13 19:36:28 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux » lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty » sudo cat /proc/1195/stack [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1255610 Title: 100% CPU usage with "initctl emit plymouth-ready" process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1255610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs