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
