I see this too on my AMD64 running intrepid. When it happens I notice it because my keyboard doesn't react to any key presses anymore (using the mouse still works). After some time everything is back to normal. [14384.920039] INFO: task postgres:5413 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14384.920054] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14384.920059] postgres D ffff88002800fb98 0 5413 5004 [14384.920074] ffff88011ccfda58 0000000000000086 ffff88011ccfd9e8 ffffffff8039184d [14384.920096] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14384.920116] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14384.920133] Call Trace: [14384.920157] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14384.920172] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14384.920182] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14384.920190] [] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x5a/0x90 [14384.920197] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14384.920205] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14384.920212] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x79/0x90 [14384.920222] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14384.920231] [] __lock_buffer+0x36/0x40 [14384.920270] [] lock_buffer+0x29/0x30 [jbd] [14384.920286] [] journal_invalidatepage+0x8b/0xf0 [jbd] [14384.920313] [] ext3_invalidatepage+0x41/0x50 [ext3] [14384.920323] [] do_invalidatepage+0x25/0x30 [14384.920330] [] truncate_complete_page+0x6a/0x80 [14384.920339] [] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x16e/0x400 [14384.920362] [] ? __ext3_journal_stop+0x34/0x60 [ext3] [14384.920372] [] ? switch_names+0xc1/0xd0 [14384.920381] [] truncate_inode_pages+0x15/0x20 [14384.920401] [] ext3_delete_inode+0x1d/0x110 [ext3] [14384.920419] [] ? ext3_delete_inode+0x0/0x110 [ext3] [14384.920429] [] generic_delete_inode+0xb9/0x180 [14384.920438] [] generic_drop_inode+0x25/0x30 [14384.920447] [] iput+0x62/0x70 [14384.920455] [] dentry_iput+0x90/0xe0 [14384.920463] [] d_kill+0x44/0x70 [14384.920471] [] dput+0x95/0x190 [14384.920478] [] sys_renameat+0x20b/0x240 [14384.920489] [] ? free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x8e/0xb0 [14384.920499] [] ? __up_write+0x68/0x140 [14384.920508] [] sys_rename+0x1b/0x20 [14384.920519] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14384.920525] [14384.920556] INFO: task firefox:13261 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14384.920562] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14384.920568] firefox D ffff88002800e068 0 13261 1 [14384.920581] ffff8800df40fd58 0000000000000082 ffff8800df40fdc8 ffff880000001000 [14384.920600] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14384.920620] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14384.920636] Call Trace: [14384.920646] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14384.920655] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14384.920664] [] sync_page+0x3d/0x70 [14384.920671] [] __wait_on_bit+0x62/0x90 [14384.920678] [] ? sync_page+0x0/0x70 [14384.920687] [] wait_on_page_bit+0x74/0x80 [14384.920695] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14384.920702] [] ? pagevec_lookup_tag+0x27/0x40 [14384.920711] [] wait_on_page_writeback_range+0x164/0x1a0 [14384.920720] [] ? generic_writepages+0x24/0x30 [14384.920727] [] ? do_writepages+0x45/0x50 [14384.920735] [] ? __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x55/0x70 [14384.920744] [] filemap_fdatawait+0x2f/0x40 [14384.920751] [] do_fsync+0xc8/0xf0 [14384.920759] [] __do_fsync+0x36/0x50 [14384.920766] [] sys_fdatasync+0x13/0x20 [14384.920775] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14384.920781] [14418.208035] INFO: task kjournald:2404 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14418.208052] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14418.208057] kjournald D ffff88002800cad8 0 2404 2 [14418.208065] ffff88011a5e7ce0 0000000000000046 ffff88011a5e7c70 ffffffff8039184d [14418.208073] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208081] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208087] Call Trace: [14418.208098] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14418.208108] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14418.208115] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14418.208120] [] __wait_on_bit+0x62/0x90 [14418.208126] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14418.208131] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14418.208135] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x79/0x90 [14418.208142] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14418.208148] [] __wait_on_buffer+0x26/0x30 [14418.208181] [] journal_commit_transaction+0x728/0xd00 [jbd] [14418.208189] [] ? lock_timer_base+0x3b/0x70 [14418.208194] [] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x5f/0x70 [14418.208207] [] kjournald+0xe9/0x250 [jbd] [14418.208213] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14418.208225] [] ? kjournald+0x0/0x250 [jbd] [14418.208231] [] kthread+0x4e/0x90 [14418.208237] [] child_rip+0xa/0x11 [14418.208242] [] ? kthread+0x0/0x90 [14418.208246] [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11 [14418.208249] [14418.208254] INFO: task kjournald:4186 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14418.208260] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14418.208267] kjournald D ffff880028012af0 0 4186 2 [14418.208280] ffff88011c531ce0 0000000000000046 ffff88011c531c70 ffffffff8039184d [14418.208299] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208317] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208333] Call Trace: [14418.208340] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14418.208348] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14418.208355] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14418.208362] [] __wait_on_bit+0x62/0x90 [14418.208369] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14418.208376] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14418.208383] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x79/0x90 [14418.208391] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14418.208398] [] __wait_on_buffer+0x26/0x30 [14418.208413] [] journal_commit_transaction+0x728/0xd00 [jbd] [14418.208421] [] ? lock_timer_base+0x3b/0x70 [14418.208428] [] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x5f/0x70 [14418.208442] [] kjournald+0xe9/0x250 [jbd] [14418.208450] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14418.208464] [] ? kjournald+0x0/0x250 [jbd] [14418.208471] [] kthread+0x4e/0x90 [14418.208478] [] child_rip+0xa/0x11 [14418.208485] [] ? kthread+0x0/0x90 [14418.208492] [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11 [14418.208496] [14418.208535] INFO: task exim:12992 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14418.208541] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14418.208547] exim D ffff88011a54e824 0 12992 12991 [14418.208560] ffff88005b0d7cd8 0000000000000086 0000000000000286 ffff88011a54e8d8 [14418.208578] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208596] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14418.208611] Call Trace: [14418.208627] [] log_wait_commit+0xc5/0x140 [jbd] [14418.208635] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14418.208643] [] ? __wake_up+0x4e/0x70 [14418.208658] [] journal_stop+0x175/0x210 [jbd] [14418.208672] [] journal_force_commit+0x29/0x30 [jbd] [14418.208700] [] ext3_force_commit+0x37/0x40 [ext3] [14418.208718] [] ext3_write_inode+0x44/0x60 [ext3] [14418.208728] [] __sync_single_inode+0x215/0x2f0 [14418.208737] [] __writeback_single_inode+0x58/0x1b0 [14418.208745] [] sync_inode+0x36/0x60 [14418.208762] [] ext3_sync_file+0xbc/0xe0 [ext3] [14418.208769] [] do_fsync+0x71/0xf0 [14418.208776] [] __do_fsync+0x36/0x50 [14418.208783] [] sys_fsync+0x10/0x20 [14418.208793] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14418.208798] [14451.492032] INFO: task md1_raid1:2339 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14451.492048] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14451.492053] md1_raid1 D ffff88011a09dc88 0 2339 2 [14451.492061] ffff88011a09dc20 0000000000000046 ffff88011b170ed0 0000000000000001 [14451.492069] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14451.492077] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14451.492083] Call Trace: [14451.492098] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14451.492107] [] get_request_wait+0xc8/0x1d0 [14451.492114] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14451.492123] [] ? elv_merge+0x19e/0x1c0 [14451.492128] [] __make_request+0x7e/0x420 [14451.492135] [] ? __dequeue_entity+0x36/0x90 [14451.492141] [] generic_make_request+0x369/0x490 [14451.492148] [] ? finish_task_switch+0x2b/0xf0 [14451.492154] [] ? thread_return+0x37/0x3c3 [14451.492160] [] ? del_timer+0x64/0x70 [14451.492195] [] flush_pending_writes+0x86/0xc0 [raid1] [14451.492204] [] raid1d+0x49/0x430 [raid1] [14451.492227] [] md_thread+0x5c/0x140 [md_mod] [14451.492236] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14451.492253] [] ? md_thread+0x0/0x140 [md_mod] [14451.492261] [] kthread+0x4e/0x90 [14451.492269] [] child_rip+0xa/0x11 [14451.492276] [] ? kthread+0x0/0x90 [14451.492283] [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11 [14451.492288] [14451.492328] INFO: task postgres:12994 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14451.492334] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14451.492340] postgres D ffff880028019c90 0 12994 5004 [14451.492353] ffff8800750f7998 0000000000000082 ffff8800750f7928 ffffffff8039184d [14451.492372] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14451.492391] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14451.492406] Call Trace: [14451.492414] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14451.492423] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14451.492432] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14451.492438] [] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x5a/0x90 [14451.492445] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14451.492452] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14451.492460] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x79/0x90 [14451.492467] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14451.492474] [] __lock_buffer+0x36/0x40 [14451.492493] [] do_get_write_access+0x8e/0x500 [jbd] [14451.492501] [] ? __getblk+0x36/0x70 [14451.492521] [] journal_get_write_access+0x31/0x50 [jbd] [14451.492549] [] __ext3_journal_get_write_access+0x34/0x70 [ext3] [14451.492569] [] ext3_reserve_inode_write+0x93/0xb0 [ext3] [14451.492587] [] ext3_mark_inode_dirty+0x36/0x60 [ext3] [14451.492606] [] ext3_dirty_inode+0x61/0xa0 [ext3] [14451.492614] [] __mark_inode_dirty+0x3a/0x1d0 [14451.492623] [] ? file_read_actor+0x4b/0x160 [14451.492632] [] touch_atime+0xd8/0x140 [14451.492641] [] do_generic_file_read+0x445/0x4a0 [14451.492648] [] ? file_read_actor+0x0/0x160 [14451.492656] [] generic_file_aio_read+0xd1/0x1b0 [14451.492664] [] do_sync_read+0xf9/0x140 [14451.492672] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14451.492681] [] ? apparmor_file_permission+0x28/0x30 [14451.492690] [] ? security_file_permission+0x16/0x20 [14451.492698] [] vfs_read+0xc8/0x130 [14451.492705] [] sys_read+0x55/0x90 [14451.492715] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14451.492720] [14484.780068] INFO: task exim:12999 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14484.780085] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14484.780090] exim D ffff88011a54e824 0 12999 12998 [14484.780098] ffff880065913cd8 0000000000000082 ffff88003d22eb40 0000000000001000 [14484.780106] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14484.780114] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14484.780120] Call Trace: [14484.780158] [] log_wait_commit+0xc5/0x140 [jbd] [14484.780169] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14484.780183] [] journal_stop+0x175/0x210 [jbd] [14484.780195] [] journal_force_commit+0x29/0x30 [jbd] [14484.780220] [] ext3_force_commit+0x37/0x40 [ext3] [14484.780236] [] ext3_write_inode+0x44/0x60 [ext3] [14484.780245] [] __sync_single_inode+0x215/0x2f0 [14484.780252] [] __writeback_single_inode+0x58/0x1b0 [14484.780259] [] sync_inode+0x36/0x60 [14484.780274] [] ext3_sync_file+0xbc/0xe0 [ext3] [14484.780280] [] do_fsync+0x71/0xf0 [14484.780284] [] __do_fsync+0x36/0x50 [14484.780289] [] sys_fsync+0x10/0x20 [14484.780297] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14484.780300] [14518.064040] INFO: task postgres:5406 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14518.064055] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14518.064061] postgres D ffff880028006aa8 0 5406 5004 [14518.064069] ffff88011a177978 0000000000000086 ffff88011a177908 ffffffff8039184d [14518.064077] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064085] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064091] Call Trace: [14518.064103] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14518.064114] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14518.064121] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14518.064126] [] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x5a/0x90 [14518.064131] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14518.064137] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14518.064142] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x79/0x90 [14518.064149] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14518.064155] [] __lock_buffer+0x36/0x40 [14518.064188] [] do_get_write_access+0x8e/0x500 [jbd] [14518.064195] [] ? __getblk+0x36/0x70 [14518.064221] [] journal_get_write_access+0x31/0x50 [jbd] [14518.064248] [] __ext3_journal_get_write_access+0x34/0x70 [ext3] [14518.064266] [] ext3_reserve_inode_write+0x93/0xb0 [ext3] [14518.064283] [] ext3_mark_inode_dirty+0x36/0x60 [ext3] [14518.064299] [] ext3_dirty_inode+0x61/0xa0 [ext3] [14518.064305] [] __mark_inode_dirty+0x3a/0x1d0 [14518.064313] [] file_update_time+0x114/0x140 [14518.064321] [] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x22a/0x470 [14518.064328] [] generic_file_aio_write+0x6c/0xd0 [14518.064347] [] ext3_file_write+0x2b/0xd0 [ext3] [14518.064355] [] do_sync_write+0xf9/0x140 [14518.064365] [] ? hrtimer_start+0xdf/0x1b0 [14518.064373] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [14518.064382] [] ? apparmor_file_permission+0x28/0x30 [14518.064392] [] ? security_file_permission+0x16/0x20 [14518.064400] [] vfs_write+0xcb/0x130 [14518.064407] [] sys_write+0x55/0x90 [14518.064418] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14518.064423] [14518.064430] INFO: task postgres:5413 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14518.064435] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14518.064441] postgres D ffff88002800fb98 0 5413 5004 [14518.064455] ffff88011ccfda58 0000000000000086 ffff88011ccfd9e8 ffffffff8039184d [14518.064474] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064493] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064508] Call Trace: [14518.064515] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14518.064525] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14518.064532] [] sync_buffer+0x45/0x50 [14518.064539] [] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x5a/0x90 [14518.064546] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14518.064554] [] ? sync_buffer+0x0/0x50 [14518.064561] [] out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x79/0x90 [14518.064569] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14518.064577] [] __lock_buffer+0x36/0x40 [14518.064592] [] lock_buffer+0x29/0x30 [jbd] [14518.064607] [] journal_invalidatepage+0x8b/0xf0 [jbd] [14518.064625] [] ext3_invalidatepage+0x41/0x50 [ext3] [14518.064634] [] do_invalidatepage+0x25/0x30 [14518.064641] [] truncate_complete_page+0x6a/0x80 [14518.064649] [] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x16e/0x400 [14518.064669] [] ? __ext3_journal_stop+0x34/0x60 [ext3] [14518.064678] [] ? switch_names+0xc1/0xd0 [14518.064685] [] truncate_inode_pages+0x15/0x20 [14518.064705] [] ext3_delete_inode+0x1d/0x110 [ext3] [14518.064724] [] ? ext3_delete_inode+0x0/0x110 [ext3] [14518.064733] [] generic_delete_inode+0xb9/0x180 [14518.064741] [] generic_drop_inode+0x25/0x30 [14518.064750] [] iput+0x62/0x70 [14518.064758] [] dentry_iput+0x90/0xe0 [14518.064765] [] d_kill+0x44/0x70 [14518.064773] [] dput+0x95/0x190 [14518.064781] [] sys_renameat+0x20b/0x240 [14518.064790] [] ? free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x8e/0xb0 [14518.064798] [] ? __up_write+0x68/0x140 [14518.064805] [] sys_rename+0x1b/0x20 [14518.064814] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [14518.064820] [14518.064850] INFO: task firefox:13261 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [14518.064855] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [14518.064861] firefox D ffff88002800e068 0 13261 1 [14518.064874] ffff8800df40fd58 0000000000000082 ffff8800df40fdc8 ffff880000001000 [14518.064893] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064911] ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 ffffffff807c4400 [14518.064927] Call Trace: [14518.064934] [] ? blk_unplug+0x3d/0x70 [14518.064943] [] io_schedule+0x37/0x50 [14518.064952] [] sync_page+0x3d/0x70 [14518.064959] [] __wait_on_bit+0x62/0x90 [14518.064966] [] ? sync_page+0x0/0x70 [14518.064974] [] wait_on_page_bit+0x74/0x80 [14518.064982] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 [14518.064989] [] ? pagevec_lookup_tag+0x27/0x40 [14518.064997] [] wait_on_page_writeback_range+0x164/0x1a0 [14518.065004] [] ? generic_writepages+0x24/0x30 [14518.065009] [] ? do_writepages+0x45/0x50 [14518.065018] [] ? __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x55/0x70 [14518.065025] [] filemap_fdatawait+0x2f/0x40 [14518.065033] [] do_fsync+0xc8/0xf0 [14518.065040] [] __do_fsync+0x36/0x50 [14518.065047] [] sys_fdatasync+0x13/0x20 [14518.065055] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b (it continues for some more processes)