diff --git a/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/ingestion-experiment-binary-and-configs/balloon.c b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/ingestion-experiment-binary-and-configs/balloon.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+  int main() {
+  
+    void *mem;
+    int err;
+    uint64_t size = 4.5 * 1024 * 1024;
+    size *= 1024;
+  
+    mem = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0); 
+    printf ("%d\n", mem);
+    err = mlock(mem, size);
+    printf ("err is %d\n", err);
+    while(1) {
+      sleep(10000);
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+