Yocto Build Error: Patch Too Many Files Open

[ceneblock]

Hello,

  I get the following error when trying to run bitbake -k -v core-image-minimal

Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION = "2.6.0"
BUILD_SYS = "x86_64-linux"
NATIVELSBSTRING = "universal"
TARGET_SYS = "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"
MACHINE = "stm32mp1"
DISTRO = "poky"
DISTRO_VERSION = "4.3.1"
TUNE_FEATURES = "arm vfp cortexa7 neon vfpv4 thumb callconvention-hard"
TARGET_FPU = "hard"
meta 
meta-poky 
meta-yocto-bsp = "nanbield:bf9f2f6f60387b3a7cd570919cef6c4570edcb82"
meta-oe 
meta-python = "nanbield:1750c66ae8e4268c472c0b2b94748a59d6ef866d"
meta-st-stm32mp = "nanbield:eccd561ae8dc9c942491ef772b2d5385a64f66ae"

Initialising tasks...NOTE: Marking Active Tasks
NOTE: Pruned 13989 inactive tasks, 5116 left
NOTE: Assign Weightings
NOTE: Compute totals (have 1 endpoint(s))
done.
Sstate summary: Wanted 14 Local 0 Mirrors 0 Missed 14 Current 2380 (0% match, 99% complete)
NOTE: Executing Tasks
NOTE: Setscene tasks completed
NOTE: Running task 4801 of 5116 (virtual:native:/home/user/dev/yocto/yocto/meta-st-stm32mp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tools_2.8.bb:do_patch)
NOTE: recipe tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0: task do_patch: Started
NOTE: tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0 do_patch: Direct dependencies are ['/home/user/dev/yocto/yocto/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-native_0.67.bb:do_populate_sysroot']
NOTE: tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0 do_patch: Installed into sysroot: []
NOTE: tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0 do_patch: Skipping as already exists in sysroot: ['quilt-native']

NOTE: tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0 do_patch: Applying patch '0001-v2.8-stm32mp-r1.patch' (../yocto/meta-st-stm32mp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-stm32mp/0001-v2.8-stm32mp-r1.patch)
ERROR: tf-a-tools-native-v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1-r0 do_patch: Applying patch '0001-v2.8-stm32mp-r1.patch' on target directory '/home/user/dev/yocto/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/tf-a-tools-native/v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1/git'
CmdError('quilt --quiltrc /home/user/dev/yocto/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/tf-a-tools-native/v2.8.6-stm32mp-r1.1/recipe-sysroot-native/etc/quiltrc push', 0, 'stdout: Applying patch 0001-v2.8-stm32mp-r1.patch
patching file CONTRIBUTING.md
patching file Makefile
patching file SECURITY.md
patching file bl2/bl2_main.c
patching file common/aarch32/debug.S
patching file common/bl_common.c
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/arm/secure.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp1-rcc.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp13-rcc.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-stm32.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/st,stm32mp1-ddr.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmci.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/mmc/st,stm32-sdmmc2.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/power/st,stm32mp1-pwr.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/power/st,stpmic1.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32mp1-rcc.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/rng/st,stm32-rng.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/serial/st,stm32-usart.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/soc/st,stm32-etzpc.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/soc/st,stm32-romem.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/soc/st,stm32-stgen.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/soc/st,stm32-tamp.txt
patching file docs/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/st,stm32-iwdg.txt
patch: **** Can\'t create file .pc/0001-v2.8-stm32mp-r1.patch/docs/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/st,stm32-iwdg.txt : Too many open files

And there are a ton of other files that give a similar error. I've been following Digikey's tutorial for trying to generate an image for STM32MP157D-DK1.

If there's any other information that I can provide, please let me know!

Some online searching seems to suggest ulimit, but mine is set to 1024. Is there a way to limit quilt from opening so many files or is there something else?

[Erwan SZYMANSKI]

Hello @ceneblock ,
This error seems to be more related to a PC configuration than a Yocto build problem. I found many subject online dealing with this. I think you will have to make some tries with what you can find on the web as ST cannot fix this kind of issue ..

Kind regards,
Erwan.