I'm seeing this same issue (hung syscall on VT) from systemd-sleep on a suspend operation with Xubuntu (and therefore lightdm). I see a similar stack-trace too. 18.04 with 4.15.0-56-lowlatency.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1744370
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$ sudo cat /proc/$(pidof systemd-sleep)/stack
[<0>] __vt_event_wait.isra.2.part.3+0x40/0x90 [<0>] vt_waitactive+0x7b/0xd0 [<0>] vt_move_to_console+0x46/0xc0 [<0>] pm_prepare_console+0x23/0x40 [<0>] pm_suspend+0x19c/0x3b0 [<0>] state_store+0x85/0xf0 [<0>] kobj_attr_store+0x12/0x20 [<0>] sysfs_kf_write+0x3c/0x50 [<0>] kernfs_fop_write+0x125/0x1a0 [<0>] __vfs_write+0x1b/0x40 [<0>] vfs_write+0xb1/0x1a0 [<0>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0 [<0>] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 [<0>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 [<0>] 0xffffffffffffffff
I'm seeing this same issue (hung syscall on VT) from systemd-sleep on a suspend operation with Xubuntu (and therefore lightdm). I see a similar stack-trace too. 18.04 with 4.15.0- 56-lowlatency.
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ systemd/ +bug/1744370
apt list plymouth bionic- updates, now 0.9.3-1ubuntu7. 18.04.2 amd64 [installed, automatic]
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plymouth/
$ sudo cat /proc/$(pidof systemd- sleep)/ stack
[<0>] __vt_event_ wait.isra. 2.part. 3+0x40/ 0x90 0x7b/0xd0 to_console+ 0x46/0xc0 console+ 0x23/0x40 0x19c/0x3b0 0x85/0xf0 store+0x12/ 0x20 write+0x3c/ 0x50 fop_write+ 0x125/0x1a0 0x1b/0x40 0xb1/0x1a0 64+0x73/ 0x130 64_after_ hwframe+ 0x3d/0xa2
[<0>] vt_waitactive+
[<0>] vt_move_
[<0>] pm_prepare_
[<0>] pm_suspend+
[<0>] state_store+
[<0>] kobj_attr_
[<0>] sysfs_kf_
[<0>] kernfs_
[<0>] __vfs_write+
[<0>] vfs_write+
[<0>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0
[<0>] do_syscall_
[<0>] entry_SYSCALL_
[<0>] 0xffffffffffffffff