yocto-project-qs, ref-manual: Added note for "resources temporarily unavailable" error

Fixes [YOCTO #10818]

There is a weird and intermittant error that can occur on any given
distribution that has a 4.3+ Linux kernel and a version 228+ systemd.
The error happens during an initial build of an image and indicates
that resources are unavailable.  Investigation determines that
resources are available.  The combination of the kernel and the
systemd in a distro is causing issues when a distro is upgraded.

yocto-project-qs:
I added a note in the two areas where the user is stepped through
the bitbake process to build an image.  The note mentions the
possibility of the error, the host configuration situation, and a
couple work-arounds, which are to reboot the machine or to set the
"DefaultTaskMax" systemd parameter to "infinity".

ref-manual:
Added the same note in the "Building an Image" section.

(From yocto-docs rev: 3516803f9e6b5a29e4f95d31742c6e03ff63ef41)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index e2c33d2f50..c1d3bf5927 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -566,14 +566,47 @@
                         <note>
                             Depending on the number of processors and cores, the
                             amount of RAM, the speed of your Internet connection
-                            and other factors, the build process could take several
-                            hours the first time you run it.
+                            and other factors, the build process could take
+                            several hours the first time you run it.
                             Subsequent builds run much faster since parts of the
                             build are cached.
                         </note>
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ bitbake core-image-sato
                         </literallayout>
+                        <note>
+                            <para>
+                                If you experience a build error due to resources
+                                temporarily being unavailable and it appears you
+                                should not be having this issue, it might be due
+                                to the combination of a 4.3+ Linux kernel and
+                                <filename>systemd</filename> version 228+
+                                (i.e. see this
+                                <ulink url='http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/253903/creating-threads-fails-with-resource-temporarily-unavailable-with-4-3-kernel'>link</ulink>
+                                for information).
+                            </para>
+
+                            <para>
+                                To work around this issue, you can try either
+                                of the following:
+                                <itemizedlist>
+                                    <listitem><para>
+                                        Try the build again.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                    <listitem><para>
+                                        Modify the "DefaultTasksMax"
+                                        <filename>systemd</filename> parameter
+                                        by uncommenting it and setting it to
+                                        "infinity".
+                                        You can find this parameter in the
+                                        <filename>system.conf</filename> file
+                                        located in
+                                        <filename>/etc/systemd</filename>
+                                        on most systems.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </itemizedlist>
+                            </para>
+                        </note>
                         For information on using the
                         <filename>bitbake</filename> command, see the
                         "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#usingpoky-components-bitbake'>BitBake</ulink>"
@@ -724,6 +757,39 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ bitbake core-image-base
                         </literallayout>
+                        <note>
+                            <para>
+                                If you experience a build error due to resources
+                                temporarily being unavailable and it appears you
+                                should not be having this issue, it might be due
+                                to the combination of a 4.3+ Linux kernel and
+                                <filename>systemd</filename> version 228+
+                                (i.e. see this
+                                <ulink url='http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/253903/creating-threads-fails-with-resource-temporarily-unavailable-with-4-3-kernel'>link</ulink>
+                                for information).
+                            </para>
+
+                            <para>
+                                To work around this issue, you can try either
+                                of the following:
+                                <itemizedlist>
+                                    <listitem><para>
+                                        Try the build again.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                    <listitem><para>
+                                        Modify the "DefaultTasksMax"
+                                        <filename>systemd</filename> parameter
+                                        by uncommenting it and setting it to
+                                        "infinity".
+                                        You can find this parameter in the
+                                        <filename>system.conf</filename> file
+                                        located in
+                                        <filename>/etc/systemd</filename>
+                                        on most systems.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </itemizedlist>
+                            </para>
+                        </note>
                         Once the build completes, the resulting console-only image
                         is located in the Build Directory here:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>