[yocto] [Yocto-bsp] Error of " fs.inotify.max_user_watches " while using bitbake [ Yocto-2.6.1 + Qemux86]

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 15:38 +0530, AshishKumar Mishra wrote:
> Can team members please let me know the solution & what is causing
> the below mentioned error ?
> ( I am having around 128GB of disk space still left , hence don't
> think that space is the issue here )
> 
> ~/Documents/linux-foundation-projects/yocto/poky/build (slef-bsp) : bitbake -vn virtual/kernel
> ERROR: No space left on device or exceeds fs.inotify.max_user_watches?
> ERROR: To check max_user_watches: sysctl -n fs.inotify.max_user_watches.
> ERROR: To modify max_user_watches: sysctl -n -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=<value>.
> ERROR: Root privilege is required to modify max_user_watches.
> ERROR: Command execution failed: Traceback (most recent call last):

Did you try what it says above and check the max_user_watches value?

Also, did you check you had enough free inodes on the filesystem?

Cheers,

Richard