How to disable NMI watchdog/0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
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How to disable NMI watchdog on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
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How do I disable watchdog/0 ?
[root@example ~]# ps aux |grep -i watchdog root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 13:50 0:00 [watchdog/0] <--- -
For RHEL 8 & 9, check Unable to disable the kernel watchdog threads in RHEL 8 even after disabling all watchdog sysctl kernel parameters
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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