plymouthd takes 4-5 cpu load

[kenjo]

Tasks: 377 total, 1 running, 376 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 2,4 us, 2,9 sy, 0,0 ni, 93,1 id, 0,8 wa, 0,0 hi, 0,8 si, 0,0 st
KiB Mem: 16337124 total, 7483560 used, 8853564 free, 36 buffers
KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 used, 0 free. 3932972 cached Mem

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 3213 kenjo 20 0 35092 6824 3664 S 19,9 0,0 4:26.09 wget
20163 root 20 0 146192 27604 4572 S 4,7 0,2 16:23.92 plymouthd

I dont see any reason why this process whould take ANY cpu.

what is is doing? it loads the system enough for the fan to go on.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9
Uname: Linux 3.19.1-031901-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Mar 17 16:51:47 2015
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-logo/ubuntu-gnome-logo.plymouth
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-19 (696 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130419)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro10,1
ProcCmdLine: \vmlinuz-3.19.1-031901-generic root=/dev/sda6 rootflags=subvol=@ ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 initrd=\initrd.img-3.19.1-031901-generic
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: \vmlinuz-3.19.1-031901-generic root=/dev/sda6 rootflags=subvol=@ ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 initrd=\initrd.img-3.19.1-031901-generic
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-text/ubuntu-gnome-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-14 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/07/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP101.88Z.00EE.B07.1501071031
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro10,1
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP101.88Z.00EE.B07.1501071031:bd01/07/2015:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro10,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-C3EC7CD22292981F:rvrMacBookPro10,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-C3EC7CD22292981F:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro10,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[David Oftedal (rounin)]

Also occurs on Ubuntu 15.10 with Plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9.