Multiple BUG: soft lockups are observed on dcache_readdir function while trying to read a directory for the selinuxfs interface.

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Multiple BUG: soft lockup is observed on dcache_readdir function while trying to read a directory for the selinuxfs interface.
NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 22s! [sshd:31457]
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff95781ac0>]  [<ffffffff95781ac0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x30
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff95273c35>] ? dcache_readdir+0x175/0x220
[<ffffffff9525dd37>] iterate_dir+0x97/0x130
[<ffffffff9525e252>] SyS_getdents+0xa2/0x130
[<ffffffff9525ddd0>] ? iterate_dir+0x130/0x130
[<ffffffff9578bede>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a

Environment

  • RHEL7.x.
  • Selinux.

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