CPU 0 not receiving timer interrupts on RHEL5.6
Issue
CPU 0 stops receiving timer and IRQ0 interrupts. This stalls the CPU, stops the jiffies counter from updating and prevents timers from expiring resulting in a system hang.
Environment
- RHEL5.6
- kernel 2.6.18-238.40.1.el5
- Intel CPU
cpu family : 6
model : 47
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 4860 @ 2.27GHz
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