pingcap / pingcap/tidb

Cannot run in windows wsl2

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#65,852 3 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub
severity/moderate sig/sql-infra type/bug
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Description

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`[2026/01/28 00:01:53.978 +08:00] [FATAL] [terror.go:309] ["unexpected error"] [error="can't read memory.max from cgroup v2: open /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max: no such file or directory"]`

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Research direction

The failure is reported at terror.go:309; first reproduce TiDB on Windows WSL2 and inspect the cgroup-v2 memory.max lookup there. Done means TiDB starts successfully in that environment without the fatal missing-file error; the issue does not name a test or expected fallback.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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