"smpboot: Scheduler frequency invariance went wobbly, disabling!" on nohz_full CPUs after long run

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On a RHEL system configured with the nohz_full kernel parameter, the following warning message may be logged in the kernel log (dmesg or /var/log/messages) after a long period of system uptime:
kernel: smpboot: Scheduler frequency invariance went wobbly, disabling!

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • nohz_full

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