Note the "watchdog/0" thread you see is not the system monitoring daemon. Rather it has a similar task for kernel scheduling:
http://linux-tips.org/t/what-is-kernel-soft-lockup/78 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010855 Title: watchdog/0 100% cpu usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/watchdog/+bug/1010855/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
