Bug 2046662

Description of problem:
The example go operator memcached-operator still use go 1.16 version.It might cause some problem about reflect.StructField during the build work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
operator-sdk version: "v1.16.0-ocp", commit: "8dad7ace335d11ac79f1684e2a460dc34d910e0e", kubernetes version: "v1.22", go version: "go1.17.4", GOOS: "linux", GOARCH: "amd64"


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create the go operator memcached-operator by https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.9/operators/operator_sdk/golang/osdk-golang-tutorial.html#osdk-golang-define-api_osdk-golang-tutorial
2.build the operator
$make docker-build docker-push IMG=quay.io/xxxxx/memcached-operator:v4.10

Actual results:
1. Will meet error "sf.IsExported undefined (type reflect.StructField has no field or method IsExported"
$ make docker-build docker-push IMG=quay.io/olmqe/memcached-operator:v4.10
/data/kaka/image/go/4.10/memcached-operator/bin/controller-gen rbac:roleName=manager-role crd webhook paths="./..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
/data/kaka/image/go/4.10/memcached-operator/bin/controller-gen object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
go fmt ./...
go vet ./...
KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="/home/cloud-user/.local/share/kubebuilder-envtest/k8s/1.22.1-linux-amd64" go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
?   	github.com/example-inc/memcached-operator	[no test files]
?   	github.com/example-inc/memcached-operator/api/v1	[no test files]
ok  	github.com/example-inc/memcached-operator/controllers	5.590s	coverage: 0.0% of statements
docker build -t quay.io/olmqe/memcached-operator:v4.10 .
Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.
STEP 1: FROM golang:1.16 AS builder
STEP 2: WORKDIR /workspace
--> Using cache b44c9fe3bb44fec142c57ed7bb840c4b4157e740df0d01f0e788abca64b711fc
--> b44c9fe3bb4
STEP 3: COPY go.mod go.mod
--> de2cd462f35
STEP 4: COPY go.sum go.sum
--> a7183daf9e9
STEP 5: RUN go mod download
--> 8f130ec6262
STEP 6: COPY main.go main.go
--> 013ec0900df
STEP 7: COPY api/ api/
--> e691f904a8f
STEP 8: COPY controllers/ controllers/
--> efa9136c70b
STEP 9: RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -o manager main.go
# sigs.k8s.io/json/internal/golang/encoding/json
/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/json.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/internal/golang/encoding/json/encode.go:1249:12: sf.IsExported undefined (type reflect.StructField has no field or method IsExported)
/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/json.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/internal/golang/encoding/json/encode.go:1255:18: sf.IsExported undefined (type reflect.StructField has no field or method IsExported)
STEP 10: FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.3
Error: error building at STEP "RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -o manager main.go": error while running runtime: exit status 2
make: *** [Makefile:110: docker-build] Error 125

2. The Docker file
# Build the manager binary
FROM golang:1.16 as builder
.........

3. The go.mod
module github.com/example-inc/memcached-operator

go 1.16

require (
	...
)
.......

Expected results:
1. build operator image success
2. The Docker file
# Build the manager binary
FROM golang:1.17 as builder
.........

3. The go.mod
module github.com/example-inc/memcached-operator

go 1.17

require (
	...
)
.......


Additional info: