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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cap.c b/tools/perf/util/cap.c
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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 (%s - %d) fall back on root check\n",
+			  strerror(errno), errno);
+		*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;
+}