Otherwise libbpf is unusable from unprivileged process with kernel.kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1. All I get is EPERM from the probes, even if I just want to open an ELF object and look at what progs/maps it has. Instead of dying on probes, let's just pr_debug the error and try to continue. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 7e3b79d7c25f..3562b6ef5fdc 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ bpf_object__probe_caps(struct bpf_object *obj) for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(probe_fn); i++) { ret = probe_fn[i](obj); if (ret < 0) - return ret; + pr_debug("Probe #%d failed with %d.\n", i, ret); } return 0; -- 2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog