Kernel crashes due to general protection fault preceeded by "tb_free: invalid free_method" message

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Issue

While using RHEL7 kernel with 3rd-party redirfs, dsa_filter and gsch modules in VMware virtual machine, a high loadavg value might be observed, leading to a kernel crash.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • VMware hypervisor

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