SELinux insanity

[Matthew Carpenter]

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:05:04 AM EST Jay Nugent via Linux-users 
wrote:
> P.S.  And to put us more on-topic....  Anyone experience a situation where
>        an Ubuntu machine will run just perfectly for 1 to 3 days, then
>        suddenly the "Load Average" jumps up to 4.xx or 5.xx and upwards of
>        8.xx???  There is nothing running on the box, it is not attached to
>        the Internet, and has no users.  DMESG shows that the four CPU's
>        suddenly go idle for 23 or more seconds and then magically return to
>        processing after tens of seconds.  The ONLY way to get the Load
>        Average down is to reboot.  Any ideas???

That's odd.  What can you tell us about the hardware?  How old, what style/
vendor/etc...
What's the software build-out on the box?  You say "nothing" but what does 
"nothing" mean?

Is this a VM?  Is it a game machine, desktop, local server, dummy box?