[mythtv-users] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 23s! [mythwelcome:1908]

[Peter Carlsson]

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 06:43:53PM -0500, Joey Morris wrote:
> Peter Carlsson <maillist.peter at home.se> wrote on Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 05:00:01PM +0100:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Occasionally I see the following error:
> > 
> >   watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 23s! [mythwelcome:1908]
> > 
> > Can anyone help me with this small amount of information or do I need
> > to provide additional information?
> 
> Do you have an AMD Ryzen CPU? This is a common issue with Ryzens, because they
> have trouble with some of the power-saving modes in Linux. Lots of people
> (including me) experience hangs and reboots in addition to that error message.
> Besides searching for your error message, you can search for "ryzen
> processor.max_cstate" to find lots of threads about it.

No, I have an Intel Core i5 CPU 661 @ 3.33GHz from around 2010.

/Peter