linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] perf build: Remove NO

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Message-ID: <aYIHJnkLm7d0qaCr@x1>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 11:33:10 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] perf build: Remove NO_LIBCAP that controls nothing

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 03:35:39PM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Using libcap was removed in commit e25ebda78e23 ("perf cap: Tidy up
> and improve capability testing"), however, some build documentation
> and a use of the NO_LIBCAP=1 were lingering. Remove these left over
> bits.

Thanks, applied to perf-tools-next,

- Arnaldo