netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tools/bpf: adjust rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK for test_verifier

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:02:24 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, ast@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tools/bpf: adjust rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK for
 test_verifier_log

On 11/30/2017 05:52 PM, Yonghong Song wrote:
> The default rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK is 64KB. In certain cases,
> e.g. in a test machine mimicking our production system, this test may
> fail due to unable to charge the required memory for prog load:
>   # ./test_verifier_log
>   Test log_level 0...
>   ERROR: Program load returned: ret:-1/errno:1, expected ret:-1/errno:22
> 
> Changing the default rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK to unlimited makes
> the test always pass.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>

Given this is a fix, I've applied this to bpf tree, thanks Yonghong!