linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] perf: Add capability-related utilities

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Message-ID: <1562112605-6235-2-git-send-email-ilubashe@akamai.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 20:10:03 -0400
From:   Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
CC:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf: Add capability-related utilities

Add utilities to help checking capabilities of the running process.
Make perf link with libcap.

Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile.config         |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/Build              |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/cap.c              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/cap.h              | 10 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/event.h            |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/util.c             |  9 +++++++++
 7 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/cap.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/cap.h

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 85fbcd265351..21470a50ed39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += -Wno-strict-aliasing
 # adding assembler files missing the .GNU-stack linker note.
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack
 
-EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lm -ldl
+EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lm -ldl -lcap
 
 ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 6d5bbc8b589b..9cc6e9b34ebd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 perf-y += annotate.o
 perf-y += block-range.o
 perf-y += build-id.o
+perf-y += cap.o
 perf-y += config.o
 perf-y += ctype.o
 perf-y += db-export.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cap.c b/tools/perf/util/cap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c42ea32663cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Capability utilities
+ */
+#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;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cap.h b/tools/perf/util/cap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5521de78b228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __PERF_CAP_H
+#define __PERF_CAP_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+
+bool perf_cap__capable(cap_value_t cap);
+
+#endif /* __PERF_CAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 9e999550f247..013d9e28fcac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ void  cpu_map_data__synthesize(struct cpu_map_data *data, struct cpu_map *map,
 void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 
 int perf_event_paranoid(void);
+bool perf_event_paranoid_check(int max_level);
 
 extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
 extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
index 7aa0ea64544e..4545eaf018b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 util/python.c
+util/cap.c
 util/ctype.c
 util/evlist.c
 util/evsel.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index d388f80d8703..cde538ec727d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include "cap.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include "string2.h"
 
@@ -456,6 +458,13 @@ int perf_event_paranoid(void)
 
 	return value;
 }
+
+bool perf_event_paranoid_check(int max_level)
+{
+	return perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
+			perf_event_paranoid() <= max_level;
+}
+
 static int
 fetch_ubuntu_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint)
 {
-- 
2.7.4