Strace -ff shows a bit more. It is stuck in the epoll/gettimeofday loop. root@developers:~# strace -ff -p 7046 Process 7046 attached with 27 threads [pid 7072] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7071] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7070] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7073] gettimeofday( [pid 7069] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7067] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7073] <... gettimeofday resumed> {1413529587, 83098}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7052] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7050] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7049] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7046] read(14, [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, [pid 7066] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7065] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7063] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7062] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7061] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7060] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7059] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7058] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7057] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7056] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7055] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7054] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7053] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7051] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7048] futex(0x7f7111fd5664, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 11483, NULL [pid 7073] <... epoll_wait resumed> {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 186946}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 190070}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 190174}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 290683}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 290801}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 290902}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 391605}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 391981}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 392343}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 493283}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 493632}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 493966}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 596900}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 597255}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 597601}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 698968}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 699060}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 699140}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 799604}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 799733}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 799852}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 902924}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 903038}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529587, 903123}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 5965}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 6633}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 6716}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 107412}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 107517}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 107607}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 212788}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 214834}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 216261}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 319335}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 321883}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 323785}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 425429}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 425525}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 425608}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 528376}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 530831}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 530946}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 631704}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 632093}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 632452}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 733882}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 734013}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 734107}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 836065}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 838890}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 838993}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 941837}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 941933}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529588, 942028}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 42887}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 43232}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 43582}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 146209}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 146491}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 146890}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 249507}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 249777}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 250088}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 351107}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 351407}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 351699}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 452653}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 452978}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 453326}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 555075}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 555191}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 555295}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 656175}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 656469}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 656824}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 757861}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 758229}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 758584}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 860051}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 860317}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 860624}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 961682}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 961952}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529589, 962267}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 63895}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 64010}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 64115}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, {}, 50, 100) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 164823}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 165181}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] gettimeofday({1413529590, 165513}, NULL) = 0 [pid 7073] epoll_wait(22, ^CProcess 7046 detached Process 7048 detached Process 7049 detached Process 7050 detached Process 7051 detached Process 7052 detached Process 7053 detached Process 7054 detached Process 7055 detached Process 7056 detached Process 7057 detached Process 7058 detached Process 7059 detached Process 7060 detached Process 7061 detached Process 7062 detached Process 7063 detached Process 7064 detached Process 7065 detached Process 7066 detached Process 7067 detached Process 7068 detached Process 7069 detached Process 7070 detached Process 7071 detached Process 7072 detached Process 7073 detached root@developers:~#