CPU soft lockup warning on kernel: RIP: generic_exec_single+0x106/0x1c0

Issue

• Soft lockups that eventually lead hung system and following warning message seen in the message log.

14920 Oct 28 10:47:31 abc.xyz kernel: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#16 stuck for 23s! [evdefer/10:7195]
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14924 Oct 28 10:47:31 abc.xyz kernel: Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/ProLiant DL360 Gen10, BIOS U32 11/24/2021
14925 Oct 28 10:47:31 abc.xyz kernel: task: ffff9014b5522100 ti: ffff9014acecc000 task.ti: ffff9014acecc000
14926 Oct 28 10:47:31 abc.xyz kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffb4516ae2>]  [<ffffffffb4516ae2>] generic_exec_single+0x102/0x1c0

• Multiple soft lockup occurred with RIP:

kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffb4516ae2>]  [<ffffffffb4516ae2>] generic_exec_single+0x102/0x1c0