linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] perf report: Remove redundant libbfd checks

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Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:37:20 -0500
From:   Nicholas Fraser <nfraser@...eweavers.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>,
        Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>,
        Remi Bernon <rbernon@...eweavers.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ulrich Czekalla <uczekalla@...eweavers.com>,
        Huw Davies <huw@...eweavers.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf report: Remove redundant libbfd checks

This removes the redundant checks bfd_check_format() and
bfd_target_elf_flavour. They were previously checking different files.
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 492c873713cc..08f6f57c84fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1586,15 +1586,6 @@ int dso__load_bfd_symbols(struct dso *dso, const char *debugfile)
 	if (section)
 		dso->text_offset = section->vma - section->filepos;
 
-	if (!bfd_check_format(abfd, bfd_object)) {
-		pr_debug2("%s: cannot read %s bfd file.\n", __func__,
-			  debugfile);
-		goto out_close;
-	}
-
-	if (bfd_get_flavour(abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
-		goto out_close;
-
 	symbols_size = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound(abfd);
 	if (symbols_size == 0) {
 		bfd_close(abfd);
-- 
2.30.1