GPE interrupt on Macbook Pro - kworker with high CPU usage

[Nick]

Greetings,

This issue is fixed by booting with the following kernel argument: acpi_mask_gpe=0x06

The effects of this bug were pretty devastating on the system; very slow and the fans were spinning very hard. Cores 0 and 1 were running at nearly 100% on an otherwise idle system.

It seems that this bug is well documented:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117481 (2016)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192856 (2015)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1577629 (2016)

I am new, so I am unsure whether it would be within the scope of Ubuntu to make it an option during installation to include device-specific kernel quirks for bugs such as this, and I wanted to check and see what the go is. If we know it is affecting a certain set of Macbook Pro's then would it be possible to detect the system and then add the kernel argument?

Best,
Nick

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-40-generic 5.4.0-40.44
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: nick 1865 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: nick 1865 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jul 14 19:43:20 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05ac:8289 Apple, Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:0262 Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro11,2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-40-generic root=UUID=e9ad07dc-6627-4a53-8cc5-b2f8967c933c ro quiet splash acpi_mask_gpe=0x06 vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/17/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 149.0.0.0.0
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-3CBD00234E554E41
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro11,2
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-3CBD00234E554E41
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvr149.0.0.0.0:bd09/17/2018:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro11,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-3CBD00234E554E41:rvrMacBookPro11,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-3CBD00234E554E41:
dmi.product.family: Mac
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro11,2
dmi.product.sku: System SKU#
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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