linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] libbpf: optimize the redundant code in the bpf_object__init_user_btf

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Message-Id: <20251024080802.642189-1-jianyungao89@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:08:02 +0800
From: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
	Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org (open list:BPF [LIBRARY] (libbpf))
Subject: [PATCH v2] libbpf: optimize the redundant code in the bpf_object__init_user_btf_maps() function.

In the elf_sec_data() function, the input parameter 'scn' will be
evaluated. If it is NULL, then it will directly return NULL. Therefore,
the return value of the elf_sec_data() function already takes into
account the case where the input parameter scn is NULL. Therefore,
subsequently, the code only needs to check whether the return value of
the elf_sec_data() function is NULL.

Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>
---
v1->v2:
Fix the compilation issue caused by rename operation in version v1.
The v1 version is here:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251024060720.634826-1-jianyungao89@gmail.com/

 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 b90574f39d1c..fbe74686c97d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ static int bpf_object__init_user_btf_maps(struct bpf_object *obj, bool strict,
 
 	scn = elf_sec_by_idx(obj, obj->efile.btf_maps_shndx);
 	data = elf_sec_data(obj, scn);
-	if (!scn || !data) {
+	if (!data) {
 		pr_warn("elf: failed to get %s map definitions for %s\n",
 			MAPS_ELF_SEC, obj->path);
 		return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.34.1