systemd-udev cause high cpu load after upgrade to bionic

[Christoph Thielecke]

After upgraded from xenial to bionic (kernel 4.15.0-20) systemd-udevd runs with high cpu load in 2 instances (50%, 15%) on Dell Precision M6500 when wlan switch will be enabled.

With xenial this problem did't happen and Dell bluetooth & wifi (b43) are working.

After some research I found that /var/log/syslog gets filled with a lot of messages (see log sample below).

If I modify /lib/udev/rules.d/97-hid2hci.rules (disable rule for 413c:8154, 413c:8158, 413c:8162), restart udev, turn wifi off/on by hardware switch, the messages go away but the bluetooth adapter will be not enabled anymore. It seems that udev is running in a loop.

My modification for the rule just was (just as proof):

--- before ---
ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"
--- end before ---

--- after ---
ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
  RUN+="/bin/sh", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"
--- end after ---

If you need some experiment or testing I can do (compiling software is not a problem, I'm a developer).

lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 058: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 057: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 056: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:5800 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1815 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lspci:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 058: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 057: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 056: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:5800 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1815 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@precision:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 05)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation PM55 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92GLM [Quadro FX 2800M] (rev a2)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:01.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
03:01.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5761e Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
11:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)

/var/log/syslog:
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.1/1-1.6.1:1.0/0003:413C:8161.0012
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.1/1-1.6.1:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.1
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0/0003:413C:8162.0013
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0/0003:413C:8162.0013
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:40 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
Apr 30 10:27:41 precision systemd-udevd[28658]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 30 10:27:41 precision upowerd[2464]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0

[mathieutournier (mathieutournier-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Created attachment 274593
dmesg

Hi,
I'm currently running ubuntu 18.04 with a 4.15 kernel and i can observe very high cpu usage to the systemd-udevd deamon.

removing the rule :
ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"

Solved the high CPU usage eventhough my bluetooth card is not available anymore (as not in hci mode)

It seems that the command hid2hci creates a bind/unbind loop in udev that is looping trying to set the device in hci mode. (that what udevadm monitor seems to show, looping from bind to unbind for the device)

I suspect a0085f2510e8976614ad8f766b209448b385492f introduced a regression (i have not tried to revert it yet).

Please not that there also seem to be a bug in hid2hci.c from bluez l148 :
 if (err == 0) {
  err = -1;
  errno = EALREADY;
 }
Correcting this and recompile bluez desn't solve the issue as cpu usage remains very high.

Using a 4.13 kernel result in a normal CPU usage, this seems a regression in 4.14.

Other people seems to have the same issue, here is a bug report related to this :
https://dev.solus-project.com/T5224

Thanks a lot for your support,

Mathieu Tournier

[ubuntu user (ubuntu-user-123)]

I have the exact same problem, also a Dell computer (Inspiron something). CPU load is almost always at 100% and temperature sensors measure over 100C! My computer has become unusable.

Also seeing a lot of these:
CPU1: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 2738)

Curious if this bug is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1759836
(it didn't include syslog/journal so I can't know for sure)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Leow Kah Man (kmleow)]

My log file (if it helps):

May 1 16:26:20 leowkahman upowerd[2909]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.2/2-1.6.2:1.0
May 1 16:26:20 leowkahman systemd-udevd[516]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.2/2-1.6.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
May 1 16:26:20 leowkahman upowerd[2909]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.2/2-1.6.2:1.0

The bug poster's workaround indeed calmed my CPU fan.

[Claude Durocher (claude-d)]

Have a look here: https://dev.solus-project.com/T5224

[boro (boro-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I have the very same problem using the same distro (Ubuntu 18.04, 64-bit) on Dell Latitude E5400 laptop. Disabling BT from BIOS or removing the aforementioned rule solves the problem but leaves BT unusable.

[lucent (lucent-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:0000 Broadcom Corp.

Linux zontar 4.16.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.16.5-1 (2018-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

May 09 15:59:00 hostname upowerd[14610]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
May 09 15:59:00 hostname upowerd[14610]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
May 09 15:59:00 hostname upowerd[14610]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
May 09 15:59:00 hostname upowerd[14610]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6.2/1-1.6.2:1.0
...repeating...

15632 root 20 0 233136 186656 2664 R 94.1% 4.7% 62:14.67 systemd-udevd
16222 root 20 0 88252 2432 1888 R 35.3% 0.1% 25:21.87 systemd-udevd

Looks like same problem affects this Dell Precision M6500 laptop.

[f.dittmer (f.dittmer-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I observed the high cpu usage after upgrading from udev-233 to udev-236/udev-238 on Gentoo Linux. Downgrading back to udev-233 lets me use newer kernels (currently running 4.15.18) without any problems.
Using DELL Latitude E6400 from 2009, with same Broadcom Bluetooth module as mentioned above.

[SB (lumumba)]

I am also affected by this Bug please fix quick!

[rickfharris (rickfharris-linux-kernel-bugs)]

As per https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10384111/ editing 97-hid2hci.rules as follows works around the new uevents added to the kernel in https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1455cf8dbfd06aa7651dcfccbadb7a093944ca65

-ACTION=="remove", GOTO="hid2hci_end"
+ACTION!="add", GOTO="hid2hci_end"

Bluetooth now works with kernels above and below 4.14.

[rickfharris (rickfharris-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Scratch that last comment, on further testing found I was booted into incorrect kernel :/

Editing of 97-hid2hci.rules is not a solution.

Only surefire way of getting bluetooth back and working with kernels >=4.14, was to revert the bogus kernel commit that added the bind/unbind uevents.

[rickfharris (rickfharris-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Created attachment 276537
revert-bind_unbind-uevents.patch

[sobik.szymon (sobik.szymon-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I use ubuntu 18.04 with 4.15 kernel
I have hit the same problem, but with synaptics touchpad.

I have bisected 4.13-4.14 and the problem was in commit 1455cf8dbfd06aa7651dcfccbadb7a093944ca65 (as in the attached patch)

I am unable to use USB bus because udev is bogged down with these bind/unbind events

```
UDEV [496.168312] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.175932] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.176947] unbind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [496.177602] unbind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.185259] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.185479] unbind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [496.186342] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.196813] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.197103] unbind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [496.197501] unbind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[496.207283] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/2-1.4.2:1.0 (usb)
```

```
> cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.4/2-1.4.2/id*
8162
413c
```

```
> lsusb -d 413c:8162
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
```

[ysg (ysg-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I also observed in my Dell laptop similar to Szymon that it relates to Touchpad.

My workarounds-
Soon after booting, stopping and starting systed-udev eliminates all bind and unbind problems and response drastically improves. I used the following commands in sequence-

sudo systemctl stop systemd-udevd systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket

sudo systemctl start systemd-udevd systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket

My understanding-
Before all hardware is discovered properly, bind/unbind start executing when no procedures are available and does not get reinitialized. After stopping and starting, it gets all the procedures in place. Probably, it is booting sequence problem.

[brunofcosouza (brunofcosouza-linux-kernel-bugs)]

(In reply to Y S Gupta from comment #8)

Same here. I used the commands from Szymon to find out what was going on and got the Synaptics Touchpad, too.

The workaround by Y S Gupta works like a charm. Put it in a startup script and everything is ok. THANK YOU!

[Yoan (myoan)]

I am also affected for device 413c:8156 (Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini card) on Latitude E6400

For those looking for a quick fix: identify your bluetooth device ID with "lsusb |grep luetooth" (e.g. 413c:8156 and 0a5c:4500 for me) and then disable all matching entries in a line within this new file /etc/udev/rules.d/81-bluetooth-hci.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8156", ATTR{authorized}="0"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0a5c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4500", ATTR{authorized}="0"

[mathieutournier (mathieutournier-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Command from Y S Gupta fixed to high cpu load for me.
As this is just a workaround. I suppose this bug should remain open.
Thanks for this, i can now reuse my bluetooth card.

[jgwphd (jgwphd-linux-kernel-bugs)]

When I boot up every day without exception, my machine starts up with one of the CPU cores running at 100%. I see lots of posts on other forums (Unbuntu etc) going back over a year or more blaming touchpads or nvidia or WiFi. Some even say they can't use their thumb drive if it isn't plugged in when they boot. The problem also mimics a defective thumb drive where you plug it in and Ubuntu doesn't see it (because systemd-udevd doesn't have the cycles to process the newly plugged in USB device). Losing one core makes my machine slower but not too noticeably so. I do see much longer boot times and sometime it will hang entirely during boot. I assume a single core or dual core machine will be drastically slowed down or even unusable. When I search I find other non-ubuntu os's complaining about similar problems.

I have 18.10 running on my Dell studio XPS with an AMD® Phenom(tm) ii x4 945 processor × 4 and AMD® Juniper graphics. It's a quad-core 64 bit machine. I have wireless mouse and keyboard for Logitech. I have a pretty vanilla set-up. I DO NOT have a touchpad or nvidia or WiFi!

I can verify that the problem can be managed by stopping and starting systemd-udevd. I used the following commands, suggested in this bug report, in sequence in the terminal which corrects the problem until I boot again.

sudo systemctl stop systemd-udevd systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket

sudo systemctl start systemd-udevd systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket

Also the problem will "sometimes" re-appear by plugging in a thumb drive!

This is a serious kernel problem and can manifest its presence in a number of ways depending on your hardware configuration.

This is a very very very annoying problem will someone PLEASE fix it soon! ...did I mention that this is a serious problem impacting many people!

[jgwphd (jgwphd-linux-kernel-bugs)]

BTW, add to my previous comment an additional symptom: sometimes my system will "appear to hang" entirely during boot (but it will power down normally by briefly touching the power off button when it "looks like" it is stuck).

[gustavo.willer (gustavo.willer-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I have the same problem, that John related.

I have dell n5010, with SSD. Run F30 and suffer to connect bluedio t4.

If I Uninstall the package bluez-hid2hci, the problem of boot cpu with systemd-udevd dissappear. But at same time, I lost the connection of bluetooth device.

[jgwphd (jgwphd-linux-kernel-bugs)]

An update: The problem I reported in January went away on its own after a few weeks of having the problem every single day when I booted each morning. I was installing Ubuntu software updates when they became available during that time. There is something going on during boot that causes this problem.

"my speculation" is that I suspect a timing issue with the way things are initialized during boot up that leads to the problem. Some strange timing issue is occurring which causes systemd-udevd to fall into an infinite loop (continuously looking for something or to be notified about an action completion) and drive one of the processor cores to 100%. When a new kernel was installed or something was done to change initialization activity during boot the problem went away because the timing problem that created it was changed. I believe that some kind of race condition may be at the root of the problem.

From my earlier search on the problem symptoms, it seems that when systemd-udevd isn't working correctly you can get numerous confusing symptoms that mysteriously go away when the something changes timing conditions during boot. Since the problem is in the kernel then it effects other systems besides Ubuntu.

[gustavo.willer (gustavo.willer-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I fix the problem with this approach:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1759836/comments/70

from "Florian Dittmer (fd81)"

"
Following the instructions mentioned by one user in the comments helped me to solve the cpu load issue with udev-239 and kernel 4.18.17, while Bluetooth still works.

Run the following command:

/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd -D

This should print garbage in endless loop containing ".../97-hid2hci.rules:"

If so, edit /lib/udev/rules.d/97-hid2hci.rules

and add

ACTION=="add",

in front of line mentioned by above command.

In my case, I had to change the following lines in 97-hid2hci.rules from:

ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"

to:

ACTION=="add", ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"

And this fixed the issue (after reboot).
"

from

[jgwphd (jgwphd-linux-kernel-bugs)]

These nerd-level suggestions all work but the root cause (the real problem) is not solved and will pop up again. How is the non-nerd supposed to do this? ...would you want your neighbor editing your system files???? Someone needs to fix this permanently!

[gustavo.willer (gustavo.willer-linux-kernel-bugs)]

I agree with you, its not the best solution. This bug impact many users! At next release of this softwares this bug has to be fixed.

But I lost many days to fix this problem, and I'm sharing this 'hard approach' at forums I had visited before. So other people do not waste so much time!

[jgwphd (jgwphd-linux-kernel-bugs)]

This problem has been around for a long time and a lot of people have struggled with it. You can find examples such as the following on quite a few help sites, for example

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028883/ubuntu-18-04-systemd-udevd-uses-high-cpu-conflict-with-wifi

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this is still an issue

[mathieutournier (mathieutournier-linux-kernel-bugs)]

Finnally solved !
5.15 kernel and ubuntu 22.04 upgrade solved totally the issue for me.
I can enable my integrated Dell BT card again :)