System becomes unresponsive with message "INFO: task <process>:<pid> blocked for more than 120 seconds".
Issue
- /var/log/messages had a series of following messages before the system became unresponsive:
INFO: task <process>:<pid> blocked for more than 120 seconds
- What is the reason behind above messages and what kind of information is needed to troubleshoot them?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 (kernel-2.6.18-194) or above
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- Processes in uninterruptible sleep (D state)
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