From 7ab0f2736bfe137a82a7084bbfb5f809da95cabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:39:43 +0000 Subject: netdev: Remove redundant checks for CAP_NET_ADMIN in MDIO implementations dev_ioctl() already checks capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) before calling the driver's implementation of MDIO ioctls. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c index e46bf9238692..be2c6cfe6e84 100644 --- a/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c @@ -534,10 +534,6 @@ static int atl1c_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, break; case SIOCGMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) { - retval = -EPERM; - goto out; - } if (atl1c_read_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, data->reg_num & 0x1F, &data->val_out)) { retval = -EIO; @@ -546,10 +542,6 @@ static int atl1c_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, break; case SIOCSMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) { - retval = -EPERM; - goto out; - } if (data->reg_num & ~(0x1F)) { retval = -EFAULT; goto out; -- cgit v1.2.3