softlockup may occur when the dev_info operation is performed in the critical area of the RCU.

https://github.com/intel/ethernet-linux-i40e/blob/b439573f442c82b7d553484883ac9a51b107a0f7/src/i40e_debugfs.c#L294
When the kernel printk console level is set to 7 or higher, logs printed by dev_info are output to the console. The driver thread needs to obtain console_sem. A large number of logs may cause watchdog timeout (soft lockup).