Vmware guest ends up in deadlock/hang condition due to vmtoolsd performing unlink() operation on quiesce_manifest.xml file.

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Issue

  • VMware guest ends up in deadlock/hang condition due to vmtoolsd performing unlink() operation on quiesce_manifest.xml file.
  • vmtoolsd task gets blocked in the uninterruptible state while attempting to delete a manifest file 'quiesce_manifest.xml' on a frozen file system

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
  • open-vm-tools

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