5 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 29f4751a3574..6da8d083e4e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static void __print_page_alloc_result(struct perf_session *session, int n_lines)
 
                 data = rb_entry(next, struct page_stat, node);
                 sym = machine__find_kernel_function(machine, data->callsite, &map);
-                if (sym && sym->name)
+                if (sym)
                         caller = sym->name;
                 else
                         scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%"PRIx64, data->callsite);
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ static void __print_page_caller_result(struct perf_session *session, int n_lines
 
                 data = rb_entry(next, struct page_stat, node);
                 sym = machine__find_kernel_function(machine, data->callsite, &map);
-                if (sym && sym->name)
+                if (sym)
                         caller = sym->name;
                 else
                         scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%"PRIx64, data->callsite);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index daceb3202200..270eb2d8ca6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ static void save_task_callchain(struct perf_sched *sched,
                         break;
 
                 sym = node->sym;
-                if (sym && sym->name) {
+                if (sym) {
                         if (!strcmp(sym->name, "schedule") ||
                             !strcmp(sym->name, "__schedule") ||
                             !strcmp(sym->name, "preempt_schedule"))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
index 6b2925542c0a..4ef5184819a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ int sample__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample, int left_alignment,
 
                         if (symbol_conf.bt_stop_list &&
                             node->sym &&
-                            node->sym->name &&
                             strlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.bt_stop_list,
                                                node->sym->name)) {
                                 break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 747a034d1ff3..a1043cf9b89c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ int machine__process_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event,
 
 static bool symbol__match_regex(struct symbol *sym, regex_t *regex)
 {
-        if (sym->name && !regexec(regex, sym->name, 0, NULL, 0))
+        if (!regexec(regex, sym->name, 0, NULL, 0))
                 return 1;
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
index 7c6b33e8e2d2..63694e174e5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ size_t __symbol__fprintf_symname_offs(const struct symbol *sym,
         unsigned long offset;
         size_t length;
 
-        if (sym && sym->name) {
+        if (sym) {
                 length = fprintf(fp, "%s", sym->name);
                 if (al && print_offsets) {
                         if (al->addr < sym->end)