Getting "BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#N" messages running RHEL on VMWare
Issue
- Kernel errors received on VMWare guest:
BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0
Related article: What is a CPU soft lockup?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- SMP enabled VMWare Virtual Machine
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