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Task KJOURNALD causing high cpu spike on virtual machine leading to hang state (Doc ID 1951052.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.3.1 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Symptoms

kjournald task on Oracle VM virtual machine  spike CPU utilization and bringing up Load Average :

Changes

No changes on guest system, its fresh install

Cause

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