Experiencing random freezes with canary errors in /var/log/messages

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Issue

  • Experiencing random freezes with canary errors in messages file. The error in the /var/log/messages file is:
rtkit-daemon[1145]: The canary thread is apparently starving. Taking action.
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Demoting known real-time threads.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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