Interesting James, so there is a little twist that might be related and lead to a resolution.
Usually the service of dnsmasq would add itself to the resolvconf server set. It does so in: start_resolvconf() { # If interface "lo" is explicitly disabled in /etc/default/dnsmasq # Then dnsmasq won't be providing local DNS, so don't add it to # the resolvconf server set. for interface in $DNSMASQ_EXCEPT do [ $interface = lo ] && return done # Also skip this if DNS functionality is disabled in /etc/dnsmasq.conf if grep -qs '^port=0' /etc/dnsmasq.conf; then return fi if [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] ; then echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a lo.$NAME fi return 0 } So I wonder if that "not adding to resolvconf is the actual way this is fixed for you per https://askubuntu.com/a/968309/ So while the config says "do not server lo", what it really does to fix your case is not adding it. That in turn one could test. So once you are in the bad case could you try if $ resolvconf -a lo.dnsmasq would resolv the issue as well? I currently fail to grasp all the potential regressions that change could have, but I'd think that knowing if a) not serving on 127.0.0.1 or b) not registering in resolvconf is the actual trigger might help someone else to go further. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dnsmasq in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670959 Title: systemd-resolved using 100% CPU Status in dnsmasq package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sometimes systemd-resolved process is using 100% CPU. After a while it changes back to normal. It happens usually after connecting to the (wifi) network, like starting the OS. strace output: sendmsg(12, {msg_name(16)={sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(33589), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, msg_iov(1)=[{"6\215\201\200\0\1\0\1\0\0\0\1\4cs41\3wac\vedgecastcdn\3net\0\0\34\0\1\300\f\0\34\0\1\0\0\10\235\0\20&\6(\0\0024\0Y%L\4\6#f&\214\0\0)\377\326\0\0\0\0\0\0", 81}], msg_controllen=28, [{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_IP, cmsg_type=IP_PKTINFO, {ipi_ifindex=if_nametoindex("lo"), ipi_spec_dst=inet_addr("127.0.0.53"), ipi_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.53")}}], msg_flags=0}, 0) = 81 sendmsg(3, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(4)=[{"PRIORITY=6\nSYSLOG_FACILITY=3\nCODE_FILE=../src/resolve/resolved-dns-stub.c\nCODE_LINE=363\nCODE_FUNCTION=dns_stub_process_query\nSYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=systemd-resolved\n", 160}, {"MESSAGE=", 8}, {"Processing query...", 19}, {"\n", 1}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 188 epoll_wait(4, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=3176459184, u64=94565471415216}}], 16, -1) = 1 clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {44665, 938069872}) = 0 recvfrom(12, NULL, 0, MSG_PEEK|MSG_TRUNC, NULL, NULL) = 53 recvmsg(12, {msg_name(16)={sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(33589), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, msg_iov(1)=[{"Z\262\1\20\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\1\4cs41\3wac\vedgecastcdn\3net\0\0\34\0\1\0\0)\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 3936}], msg_controllen=56, [{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_IP, cmsg_type=IP_PKTINFO, {ipi_ifindex=if_nametoindex("lo"), ipi_spec_dst=inet_addr("127.0.0.53"), ipi_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.53")}}, {cmsg_len=20, cmsg_level=SOL_IP, cmsg_type=IP_TTL, {ttl=64}}], msg_flags=0}, 0) = 53 stat("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=303, ...}) = 0 getrandom("\365I", 2, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 2 stat("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=303, ...}) = 0 getrandom("\203;", 2, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 2 clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {44665, 938446937}) = 0 open("/run/systemd/netif/links/3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=303, ...}) = 0 stat("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=303, ...}) = 0 socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_IP) = 18 connect(18, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0 epoll_ctl(4, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, 18, {EPOLLIN, {u32=3176610576, u64=94565471566608}}) = 0 write(18, "\203;\1\20\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\1\4cs41\3wac\vedgecastcdn\3net\0\0\34\0\1\0\0)\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 53) = 53 clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {44665, 938833717}) = 0 clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {44665, 938875138}) = 0 epoll_ctl(4, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, 18, NULL) = 0 close(18) = 0 journalctl output: Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:35 parsec systemd-resolved[1512]: Processing query... Mar 08 08:25:41 parsec dnsmasq[1545]: Maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached (max: 150) As you can see, I would use it together with dnsmasq. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: systemd 232-18ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-9.11-generic 4.10.0 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Mar 8 08:20:18 2017 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook Folio 1020 G1 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-9-generic root=UUID=a54fe703-35d4-47ac-9c6e-4034421531fb ro rootflags=subvol=@ SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2015-05-24 (653 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: M77 Ver. 01.05 dmi.board.name: 2271 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 91.4C dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU51199KV dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrM77Ver.01.05:bd03/09/2015:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBookFolio1020G1:pvrA3009DD18303:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn2271:rvrKBCVersion91.4C:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook Folio 1020 G1 dmi.product.version: A3009DD18303 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1670959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp