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authorLinus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2026-08-05 16:48:11 +0100
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ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Capability utilities
+ */
+
+#include "cap.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
+
+bool perf_cap__capable(int cap, bool *used_root)
+{
+ struct __user_cap_header_struct header = {
+ .version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
+ .pid = 0,
+ };
+ struct __user_cap_data_struct data[MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S] = {};
+ __u32 cap_val;
+
+ *used_root = false;
+ while (syscall(SYS_capget, &header, &data[0]) == -1) {
+ /* Retry, first attempt has set the header.version correctly. */
+ if (errno == EINVAL && header.version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 &&
+ header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1)
+ continue;
+
+ pr_debug2("capget syscall failed (%m) fall back on root check\n");
+ *used_root = true;
+ return geteuid() == 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Extract the relevant capability bit. */
+ if (cap >= 32) {
+ if (header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3) {
+ cap_val = data[1].effective;
+ } else {
+ /* Capability beyond 32 is requested but only 32 are supported. */
+ return false;
+ }
+ } else {
+ cap_val = data[0].effective;
+ }
+ return (cap_val & (1 << (cap & 0x1f))) != 0;
+}