don't fail the build if /proc/meminfo is missing or unexpected

Summary:
Occasionally we see reports [1] that /proc/meminfo is missing or has
unexpected values on Linux. Instead of failing the build, guess a
reasonable value, at the risk that this will unnecessarily limit the
build's concurrency.

[1] https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/1040

Reviewed By: genevievehelsel

Differential Revision: D38126612

fbshipit-source-id: 9d9d9f6003703acf6dffcdd5b2022f0f7b3aa691

build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/platform.py

@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ def get_linux_type() -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
 def _get_available_ram_linux() -> int:
     # TODO: Ideally, this function would inspect the current cgroup for any
     # limits, rather than solely relying on system RAM.
-    with open("/proc/meminfo") as f:
+
+    meminfo_path = "/proc/meminfo"
+    try:
+        with open(meminfo_path) as f:
             for line in f:
                 try:
                     key, value = line.split(":", 1)
@@ -69,8 +72,16 @@ def _get_available_ram_linux() -> int:
                         return int(value) // 1024
                     except ValueError:
                         continue
+    except OSError:
+        print("error opening {}".format(meminfo_path), end="", file=sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        print(
+            "{} had no valid MemAvailable".format(meminfo_path), end="", file=sys.stderr
+        )
 
-    raise NotImplementedError("/proc/meminfo had no valid MemAvailable")
+    guess = 8
+    print(", guessing {} GiB".format(guess), file=sys.stderr)
+    return guess * 1024
 
 
 def _get_available_ram_macos() -> int: