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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index a2cc7313763a..3fe42d6b0c2f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/vfs.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <tools/libc_compat.h>
#include <libelf.h>
#include <gelf.h>
@@ -100,6 +101,32 @@ void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level, const char *format, ...)
va_end(args);
}
+static void pr_perm_msg(int err)
+{
+ struct rlimit limit;
+ char buf[100];
+
+ if (err != -EPERM || geteuid() != 0)
+ return;
+
+ err = getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &limit);
+ if (err)
+ return;
+
+ if (limit.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
+ return;
+
+ if (limit.rlim_cur < 1024)
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%lu bytes", limit.rlim_cur);
+ else if (limit.rlim_cur < 1024*1024)
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.1f KiB", (double)limit.rlim_cur / 1024);
+ else
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.1f MiB", (double)limit.rlim_cur / (1024*1024));
+
+ pr_warn("permission error while running as root; try raising 'ulimit -l'? current value: %s\n",
+ buf);
+}
+
#define STRERR_BUFSIZE 128
/* Copied from tools/perf/util/util.h */
@@ -2983,6 +3010,7 @@ err_out:
cp = libbpf_strerror_r(err, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
pr_warn("failed to create map (name: '%s'): %s(%d)\n",
map->name, cp, err);
+ pr_perm_msg(err);
for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
zclose(obj->maps[j].fd);
return err;
@@ -4381,6 +4409,7 @@ retry_load:
ret = -errno;
cp = libbpf_strerror_r(errno, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
pr_warn("load bpf program failed: %s\n", cp);
+ pr_perm_msg(ret);
if (log_buf && log_buf[0] != '\0') {
ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__VERIFY;