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@gmail.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

On 10/24/25 1:08 AM, Jianyun Gao wrote:
> 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@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>