Kernel panic - not syncing: NMI IOCK error in third party module while holding "tasklist_lock"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System became unresponsive due to the 'tasklist_lock' starvation issue.

Environment

  • Kernel-2.6.32-431.46.2.el6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • HP-ProLiant BL460c Gen8

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