kernel panics due to a stack overrun with vxfs/vxvm

Issue

• The system is frequently getting crashed with following error messages in the logs:

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        WARNING: at kernel/sched_fair.c:1846 hrtick_start_fair+0x18b/0x190() (Tainted: P           ---------------   )
        Hardware name: BladeCenter HS22 -[7870S8Q]-
        Modules linked in: vxodm(P)(U) vxgms(P)(U) amf(P)(U) vxglm(P)(U) vxfen(P)(U) gab(P)(U) llt(P)(U) autofs4 nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc 8021q garp stp llc dmpaa(P)(U) vxspec(P)(U) vxio(P)(U) vxdmp(P)(U) cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf ipv6 vxportal(P)(U) fdd(P)(U) vxfs(P)(U) exportfs sg bnx2 microcode cdc_ether usbnet mii serio_raw i2c_i801 i2c_core iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ioatdma dca i7core_edac edac_core shpchp ext4 mbcache jbd2 dm_round_robin sd_mod crc_t10dif qla2xxx scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt mptsas mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_sas
        BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000781bfddb8
        IP: [<ffffffff81055d3d>] task_rq_lock+0x4d/0xa0
        PGD 717dfe067 PUD 0 
        Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
        last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:24:00.1/host2/rport-2:0-2/target2:0:2/2:0:2:2/state
        CPU 0 
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