lscpu fails due to "Device or resource busy" error while accessing cpufreq related files

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Issue

  • lscpu command fails with error similar to:
    failed to read: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuXX/cpufreq/XXX: Device or resource busy

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

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