Softlockup triggered on '_nv000124kms+0x231/0x310 [nvidia_modeset]'

Issue

• System was causing 'soft lockup' with the below message.

[230974.684851] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [Xorg:11313]
[230974.770135] panic disabled
[230974.770390] panic enabled
[230974.835277] Modules linked in: uinput ftx(OE) panic(OE) ipmi_watchdog ipmi_d
..
..
[230974.835311] CPU: 1 PID: 11313 Comm: Xorg Tainted: P           OE  ----------
--   3.10.0-327.36.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[230974.835312] Hardware name: HP ProLiant ML30 Gen9/ProLiant ML30 Gen9, BIOS U23 05/21/2018
..
[230974.835337] Call Trace:
[230974.835343]  [<ffffffffa191c1e1>] ? _nv000124kms+0x231/0x310 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835349]  [<ffffffffa192c431>] ? _nv001989kms+0x131/0x260 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835354]  [<ffffffffa190c3d0>] ? _nv000305kms+0x60/0x60 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835358]  [<ffffffffa190c44d>] ? _nv000318kms+0x7d/0x90 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835363]  [<ffffffffa190d1c1>] ? nvKmsIoctl+0x161/0x1e0 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835368]  [<ffffffffa190be55>] ? nvkms_ioctl_common+0x45/0x80 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835372]  [<ffffffffa190bf01>] ? nvkms_ioctl+0x71/0xb0 [nvidia_modeset]
[230974.835413]  [<ffffffffa01b6081>] ? nvidia_frontend_unlocked_ioctl+0x41/0x50 [nvidia]
[230974.835417]  [<ffffffff811f2665>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4c0
[230974.835419]  [<ffffffff811f28e1>] ? SyS_ioctl+0xa1/0xc0
[230974.835421]  [<ffffffff81646c12>] ? tracesys+0xdd/0xe2