Error: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s!

I had a successful boot on my BBB, and then managed to login, but then device started hanging. I plugged in the serial console cable and saw the below error in the console. After some time, maybe about 5 min, the system un-hung. Kernel version: 4.4.54-ti-r93. Appreciate if there are any pointers. Thanks

```[ 320.240491] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 348.240493] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 355.468493] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
[ 355.473669] 0-...: (68226 ticks this GP) idle=b0d/140000000000001/0 softirq=0/0 fqs=1
[ 355.481703] (t=68262 jiffies g=12646 c=12645 q=77)
[ 355.486695] rcu_sched kthread starved for 68261 jiffies! g12646 c12645 f0x0 s3 ->state=0x0
[ 380.240495] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 408.240496] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 418.480494] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
[ 418.485672] 0-...: (83970 ticks this GP) idle=b0d/140000000000001/0 softirq=0/0 fqs=1
[ 418.493708] (t=84015 jiffies g=12646 c=12645 q=85)
[ 418.498702] rcu_sched kthread starved for 84014 jiffies! g12646 c12645 f0x0 s3 ->state=0x0
[ 444.240490] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 472.240491] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 481.492490] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
[ 481.497669] 0-...: (99714 ticks this GP) idle=b0d/140000000000001/0 softirq=0/0 fqs=1
[ 481.505703] (t=99768 jiffies g=12646 c=12645 q=87)
[ 481.510696] rcu_sched kthread starved for 99767 jiffies! g12646 c12645 f0x0 s3 ->state=0x0
[ 508.240491] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 536.240489] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [kworker/0:3:552]
[ 544.504490] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
[ 544.509664] 0-...: (115458 ticks this GP) idle=b0d/140000000000001/0 softirq=0/0 fqs=1
[ 544.517786] (t=115521 jiffies g=12646 c=12645 q=88)
[ 544.522865] rcu_sched kthread starved for 115520 jiffies! g12646 c12645 f0x0 s3 ->state=0x0
[ 572.240489] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [kworker/0:3:552]```