Exhausting the task limit

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1717969

Launchpad details

affected_projects = []
assignee = None
assignee_name = None
date_closed = 2017-12-14T21:02:00.336013+00:00
date_created = 2017-09-18T16:28:16.024462+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2017-10-03T14:48:32.596703+00:00
date_fix_released = 2017-12-14T21:02:00.336013+00:00
id = 1717969
importance = medium
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1717969
milestone = None
owner = rjschwei
owner_name = Robert Schweikert
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = rjschwei
submitter_name = Robert Schweikert
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Robert Schweikert(rjschwei) wrote on 2017-09-18T16:28:16.024462+00:00

Depending on distribution the default number of tasks (threads) maybe unexpectedly low or it may be the default systemd setting (512). Given that more and more installers and other code are taking advantage of multiprocessing capabilities it is becoming more likely that during execution of user scripts in cloud-init the task resource limit is reached. This leads to the forceful termination of the process.

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Scott Moser(smoser) wrote on 2017-12-14T21:02:02.429876+00:00

This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in 1705804. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.