This patch calls libbpf_[enable|disable]_sys_bpf() from bpftool. This
allows users with access to /dev/bpf to perform operations like root.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubrav...@fb.com>
---
 tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c | 2 +-
 tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c    | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
index d672d9086fff..772c9f445d34 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int do_probe(int argc, char **argv)
        /* Detection assumes user has sufficient privileges (CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
         * Let's approximate, and restrict usage to root user only.
         */
-       if (geteuid()) {
+       if (!libbpf_enable_sys_bpf()) {
                p_err("please run this command as root user");
                return -1;
        }
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
index 4879f6395c7e..56959c5ac552 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        if (argc < 0)
                usage();
 
+       if (!libbpf_enable_sys_bpf()) {
+               p_err("cannot enable access to sys_bpf()");
+               usage();
+       }
        ret = cmd_select(cmds, argc, argv, do_help);
 
        if (json_output)
@@ -400,5 +404,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                delete_pinned_obj_table(&map_table);
        }
 
+       libbpf_disable_sys_bpf();
        return ret;
 }
-- 
2.17.1

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