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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000
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Adding upstream version 5.10.209.upstream/5.10.209upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Capability utilities
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
+
+#include "cap.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+
+bool perf_cap__capable(cap_value_t cap)
+{
+ cap_flag_value_t val;
+ cap_t caps = cap_get_proc();
+
+ if (!caps)
+ return false;
+
+ if (cap_get_flag(caps, cap, CAP_EFFECTIVE, &val) != 0)
+ val = CAP_CLEAR;
+
+ if (cap_free(caps) != 0)
+ return false;
+
+ return val == CAP_SET;
+}
+
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT */