The default memlock rlimit is 64KB, which causes failure in
creating a map

For example:
test@test# ./sampleip
failed to create a map: 1 Operation not permitted
ERROR: loading BPF program (errno 1):
Try: ulimit -l unlimited

Signed-off-by: Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant...@lab.ntt.co.jp>
---
 samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c b/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
index 4ed690b907ff..f240a7db7c0a 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "libbpf.h"
 #include "bpf_load.h"
 #include "perf-sys.h"
@@ -132,8 +133,9 @@ static void int_exit(int sig)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-       char filename[256];
        int *pmu_fd, opt, freq = DEFAULT_FREQ, secs = DEFAULT_SECS;
+       struct rlimit r = {RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY};
+       char filename[256];
 
        /* process arguments */
        while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "F:h")) != -1) {
@@ -154,6 +156,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                return 1;
        }
 
+       if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &r)) {
+               perror("Failed to set memlock rlimit");
+               return 1;
+       }
+
        /* initialize kernel symbol translation */
        if (load_kallsyms()) {
                fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: loading /proc/kallsyms\n");
@@ -171,12 +178,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        /* load BPF program */
        snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s_kern.o", argv[0]);
        if (load_bpf_file(filename)) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: loading BPF program (errno %d):\n",
-                       errno);
-               if (strcmp(bpf_log_buf, "") == 0)
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Try: ulimit -l unlimited\n");
-               else
-                       fprintf(stderr, "%s", bpf_log_buf);
+               fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: loading BPF program (errno %d): %s\n",
+                       errno, bpf_log_buf);
                return 1;
        }
        signal(SIGINT, int_exit);
-- 
2.13.6


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