Issue

• Server rebooted while using hpacucli utility to do a configuration change with HP Smart Array controller.
  At the time of reboot there were following messages logged on system console:

hpsa 0000:05:00.0: Acknowledging event: 0xc0000000 (HP SSD Smart Path configuration change)
hpsa 0000:05:00.0: Direct-Access     device c0b0t0l1 updated.
hpsa 0000:05:00.0: Abort request on C0:B0:T0:L0
Kernel panic - not syncing: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 0
Pid: 4596, comm: .hpacucli Not tainted 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 <NMI>  [<ffffffff8152933c>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
 [<ffffffff81014959>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
 [<ffffffff810ea5dd>] ? watchdog_overflow_callback+0xcd/0xd0
 [<ffffffff81120d87>] ? __perf_event_overflow+0xa7/0x240
 [<ffffffff8101dacd>] ? x86_perf_event_set_period+0xdd/0x170
 [<ffffffff811213d4>] ? perf_event_overflow+0x14/0x20
 [<ffffffff81024892>] ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x202/0x410
 [<ffffffff8152e639>] ? perf_event_nmi_handler+0x39/0xb0
 [<ffffffff815300f5>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x55/0x80
 [<ffffffff8153015a>] ? atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x1a/0x20
 [<ffffffff810a4eae>] ? notify_die+0x2e/0x30
 [<ffffffff8152ddbb>] ? do_nmi+0x1bb/0x340
 [<ffffffff8152d680>] ? nmi+0x20/0x30