RHEL6: nfs4_run_state_manager is causing CPU soft lockups

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Issue

  • Soft lockups happening on NFS client with backtrace containing RIP usually nfs4_run_state_manager
  • Logs contain these messages:

    kernel: Error: state manager failed on NFSv4 server <hostname> with error 121
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (NFS client)
  • NFS4

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