What is a CPU soft lockup?
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A soft lockup is the symptom of a task or kernel thread using and not releasing a CPU for a longer period of time than allowed.
The technical reason behind a soft lockup may vary, although the core point is that a CPU is executing code, by definition within the kernel space, which is for some reason stuck, cycling or otherwise not continuing - not finishing the kernel r...
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