More rcuob and rcuos kernel threads running than there are CPUs online

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Issue

  • There are 143 rcuob and 143 rcuos processes running on the system. Are they required to run? If no, how to stop them from starting at boot and stop them while they are running?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

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