NMI_Watchdog is panicking system frequently

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Issue

  • NMI_watchdog is panicking system frequently:
PID: 0      TASK: ffffffff80308b60  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "swapper"
 #0 [ffffffff80449f20] crash_nmi_callback at ffffffff8007af3e
 #1 [ffffffff80449f40] do_nmi at ffffffff8006588a
 #2 [ffffffff80449f50] nmi at ffffffff80064eef
    [exception RIP: mwait_idle+54]
    RIP: ffffffff80057112  RSP: ffffffff803fbf90  RFLAGS: 00000246
    RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: ffffffff800570dc  RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: 0000000000000001  RDI: ffffffff8030a718
    RBP: 0000000000090000   R8: ffffffff803fa000   R9: 0000000000000038
    R10: ffff81010eb74098  R11: ffff810410c5faf0  R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: 0000000000000000  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: 0000000000000000
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
--- <NMI exception stack> ---
 #3 [ffffffff803fbf90] mwait_idle at ffffffff80057112
 #4 [ffffffff803fbf90] cpu_idle at ffffffff800492c4

PID: 0      TASK: ffff81042ff18100  CPU: 1   COMMAND: "swapper"
 #0 [ffff81042ff39f20] crash_nmi_callback at ffffffff8007af3e
 #1 [ffff81042ff39f40] do_nmi at ffffffff8006588a
 #2 [ffff81042ff39f50] nmi at ffffffff80064eef
    [exception RIP: mwait_idle+54]
    RIP: ffffffff80057112  RSP: ffff81042ff31ef0  RFLAGS: 00000246
    RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: ffffffff800570dc  RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: 0000000000000001  RDI: ffffffff8030a718
    RBP: 0000000000000001   R8: ffff81042ff30000   R9: 000000000000003b
    R10: ffff81010eb74008  R11: 0000000000000000  R12: 00000000000000ff
    R13: ffffffff803d2080  R14: 0000000000000100  R15: ffffffff803f4280
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

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