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From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:08:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 33/35] bpf: selftests: don't touch RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 12:21 PM Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> wrote:
>
> Since bpf is not using memlock rlimit for memory accounting,
> there are no more reasons to bump the limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> ---

Similarly for bench, it's a tool that's not coupled with the latest
kernel version, it will be a big step down if the tool doesn't bump
rlimit on its own on slightly older kernels. Let's just keep it for
now.

>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c           | 16 ---------------
>  .../selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_map.c    |  5 ++---
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdping.c          |  6 ------
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/reuseport_bpf.c   | 20 -------------------
>  4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
> index 944ad4721c83..f66610541c8a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
> @@ -29,25 +29,9 @@ static int libbpf_print_fn(enum libbpf_print_level level,
>         return vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
>  }
>
> -static int bump_memlock_rlimit(void)
> -{
> -       struct rlimit rlim_new = {
> -               .rlim_cur       = RLIM_INFINITY,
> -               .rlim_max       = RLIM_INFINITY,
> -       };
> -
> -       return setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim_new);
> -}
> -
>  void setup_libbpf()
>  {
> -       int err;
> -
>         libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
> -
> -       err = bump_memlock_rlimit();
> -       if (err)
> -               fprintf(stderr, "failed to increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK: %d", err);
>  }
>

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