Kernel: Race condition in hashtables causes kworker thread to loop into rht_deferred_worker() function

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel: Race condition in hashtables causes kworker kernel thread to loop into rht_deferred_worker() function.
  • kworker kernel thread spinning at ~100% CPU.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Prior to Kernel version kernel-3.10.0-1127.el7

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