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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rlimit.c b/tools/perf/util/rlimit.c
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
+
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/rlimit.h"
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+/*
+ * Bump the memlock so that we can get bpf maps of a reasonable size,
+ * like the ones used with 'perf trace' and with 'perf test bpf',
+ * improve this to some specific request if needed.
+ */
+void rlimit__bump_memlock(void)
+{
+	struct rlimit rlim;
+
+	if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) == 0) {
+		rlim.rlim_cur *= 4;
+		rlim.rlim_max *= 4;
+
+		if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) < 0) {
+			rlim.rlim_cur /= 2;
+			rlim.rlim_max /= 2;
+
+			if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) < 0)
+				pr_debug("Couldn't bump rlimit(MEMLOCK), failures may take place when creating BPF maps, etc\n");
+		}
+	}
+}