[PATCH can-next] can: raw: remove redundant NULL check before netdev_hold()

From: Sang-Heon Jeon

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 01:20:48 EST


netdev_hold() does nothing if dev is NULL, so the check before the call
is redundant.

So remove it. No functional change.

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnulldev_put.cocci after commit f83b8a58695c
("coccinelle: ifnulldev_put: update outdated helper names").

Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/can/raw.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index 82d9c0499c95..e1d05a0341eb 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ static int raw_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr, int len
ro->bound = 1;
/* bind() ok -> hold a reference for new ro->dev */
ro->dev = dev;
- if (ro->dev)
- netdev_hold(ro->dev, &ro->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+ netdev_hold(ro->dev, &ro->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
}

out_put_dev:
--
2.43.0