Deadlock in the secfs2 kernel module causes slowness and a high load average.
Issue
- Execution of commands like
df,du,find,mount,ls,lsofare getting hung. - High load average with a slow server response.
- System hangs with lot of blocked tasks and experiencing high load.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Proprietary (P) kernel module:
[secfs2]
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