Kernel panic with hung tasks due to dead lock on semaphore due to secfs2 module

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Multiple process getting into D state repeatedly which causes the system to go unresponsive for a brief period of time.
  • Database/Application get hung and we have to reboot the server every time while it happens to clean up the processes
  • Server panic with hung tasks due to dead lock situation on semaphore while processing functions from secfs2 module.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • secfs2 module

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