linux-kernel - [PATCH] libbpf: fix the incorrect reference to the memlock

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Message-Id: <20251027032008.738944-1-jianyungao89@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:20:08 +0800
From: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
	Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org (open list:BPF [LIBRARY] (libbpf))
Subject: [PATCH] libbpf: fix the incorrect reference to the memlock_rlim variable in the comment.

The variable "memlock_rlim_max" referenced in the comment does not exist.
I think that the author probably meant the variable "memlock_rlim". So,
correct it.

Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 339b19797237..b66f5fbfbbb2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int bump_rlimit_memlock(void)
 
 	memlock_bumped = true;
 
-	/* zero memlock_rlim_max disables auto-bumping RLIMIT_MEMLOCK */
+	/* zero memlock_rlim disables auto-bumping RLIMIT_MEMLOCK */
 	if (memlock_rlim == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
2.34.1