Hypervisor reporting overuse due to the 'idle=poll' kernel parameter within virtual machines

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Using the idle=poll kernel parameter causes the host to consume 100% CPU

Environment

  • VMware or KVM hosts
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VM

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