[PATCH 6.19 025/844] perf build: Remove NO_LIBCAP that controls nothing
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 12:41:30 EST
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 169343cc8ff2bd59758760d867bd26adae866a2b ]
Using libcap was removed in commit e25ebda78e230283 ("perf cap: Tidy up
and improve capability testing") and improve capability testing"),
however, some build documentation and a use of the NO_LIBCAP=1 were
lingering.
Remove these left over bits.
Fixes: e25ebda78e230283 ("perf cap: Tidy up and improve capability testing")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 --
tools/perf/tests/make | 2 +-
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index e6895626c1872..fbeb5c81c8072 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
#
# Define NO_LIBBPF if you do not want BPF support
#
-# Define NO_LIBCAP if you do not want process capabilities considered by perf
-#
# Define NO_SDT if you do not want to define SDT event in perf tools,
# note that it doesn't disable SDT scanning support.
#
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 6641701e48285..c721cd1bcaa9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ make_minimal += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
make_minimal += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1 NO_LIBDW=1
make_minimal += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
make_minimal += NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
-make_minimal += NO_LIBCAP=1 NO_CAPSTONE=1
+make_minimal += NO_CAPSTONE=1
# $(run) contains all available tests
run := make_pure
--
2.51.0