Scratch that. This just happened to me again (apparently, it does not happen EVERY time). Here the the backtrace: [37574.918677] Freezing of tasks failed after 20.01 seconds (1 tasks refusing to freeze, wq_busy=0): [37574.918720] dolphin D f0fc8dd8 0 2282 1 0x00800004 [37574.918727] ed131d48 00200086 ed131d38 f0fc8dd8 00200246 ffffffdc f048ce4c c1877680 [37574.918735] 5b34265f 00002227 f048ce48 c1877680 c1877680 f7887680 f048cbc0 f74d3280 [37574.918742] ed131d68 ffffffa8 ed131d60 fee1ee47 00000001 0000004e 00000010 ed131d1c [37574.918750] Call Trace: [37574.918772] [] ? smb_sendv+0xe7/0x310 [cifs] [37574.918780] [] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x8/0x10 [37574.918787] [] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50 [37574.918793] [] ? prepare_to_wait+0x48/0x70 [37574.918804] [] wait_for_response.clone.1+0x6f/0xb0 [cifs] [37574.918806] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50 [37574.918812] [] SendReceive+0x17d/0x370 [cifs] [37574.918817] [] CIFSSMBUnixQPathInfo+0x122/0x280 [cifs] [37574.918823] [] cifs_get_inode_info_unix+0x71/0x190 [cifs] [37574.918827] [] ? dget+0x2d/0x40 [37574.918829] [] ? follow_managed+0xb6/0xe0 [37574.918831] [] ? do_lookup+0xe5/0x260 [37574.918835] [] ? vfsmount_lock_local_unlock+0x19/0x20 [37574.918838] [] ? mntput_no_expire+0x2d/0xd0 [37574.918840] [] ? mntput+0x18/0x30 [37574.918845] [] ? build_path_from_dentry+0xc5/0x1e0 [cifs] [37574.918849] [] ? build_path_from_dentry+0xc5/0x1e0 [cifs] [37574.918854] [] ? build_path_from_dentry+0x16a/0x1e0 [cifs] [37574.918856] [] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xd/0x10 [37574.918862] [] ? _GetXid+0x58/0x80 [cifs] [37574.918867] [] cifs_revalidate_dentry+0xd1/0x1c0 [cifs] [37574.918871] [] ? copy_to_user+0x42/0x60 [37574.918876] [] cifs_getattr+0x33/0xc0 [cifs] [37574.918879] [] vfs_getattr+0x42/0x70 [37574.918884] [] ? cifs_getattr+0x0/0xc0 [cifs] [37574.918886] [] vfs_fstatat+0x6d/0x90 [37574.918888] [] vfs_lstat+0x20/0x30 [37574.918890] [] sys_lstat64+0x16/0x30 [37574.918893] [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 [37574.918896] [] ? schedule_timeout+0x180/0x260 [37574.918903] kblankscrn.kss T 00040005 0 17203 17201 0x00800004 [37574.918906] ecaa9e8c 00200086 00000000 00040005 00004333 000003e8 f043742c c1877680 [37574.918909] bb239133 00002227 f0437428 c1877680 c1877680 f78c7680 f04371a0 f74d6500 [37574.918913] f69d4630 f69d463c 00000000 ecaa9e54 c1068ce2 00000013 f04371a0 f043752c [37574.918916] Call Trace: [37574.918920] [] ? __sigqueue_free+0x32/0x40 [37574.918922] [] ? recalc_sigpending+0x17/0x40 [37574.918924] [] ? dequeue_signal+0xb8/0x190 [37574.918926] [] do_signal_stop+0xa2/0x1c0 [37574.918929] [] get_signal_to_deliver+0x101/0x360 [37574.918931] [] do_signal+0x61/0x120 [37574.918934] [] ? rw_verify_area+0x6c/0x130 [37574.918936] [] ? vfs_read+0x14e/0x160 [37574.918938] [] do_notify_resume+0x75/0x90 [37574.918940] [] work_notifysig+0x13/0x1b