1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
10 #include <linux/capability.h>
11 #include <sys/syscall.h>
14 #define MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
16 bool perf_cap__capable(int cap, bool *used_root)
18 struct __user_cap_header_struct header = {
19 .version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
22 struct __user_cap_data_struct data[MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S] = {};
26 while (syscall(SYS_capget, &header, &data[0]) == -1) {
27 /* Retry, first attempt has set the header.version correctly. */
28 if (errno == EINVAL && header.version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 &&
29 header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1)
32 pr_debug2("capget syscall failed (%s - %d) fall back on root check\n",
33 strerror(errno), errno);
35 return geteuid() == 0;
38 /* Extract the relevant capability bit. */
40 if (header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3) {
41 cap_val = data[1].effective;
43 /* Capability beyond 32 is requested but only 32 are supported. */
47 cap_val = data[0].effective;
49 return (cap_val & (1 << (cap & 0x1f))) != 0;