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/atlx/atl2.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/atlx') diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c index 10c06b97001f..ab688862093f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c +++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c @@ -966,8 +966,6 @@ static int atl2_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd) data->phy_id = 0; break; case SIOCGMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags); if (atl2_read_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, data->reg_num & 0x1F, &data->val_out)) { @@ -977,8 +975,6 @@ static int atl2_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->stats_lock, flags); break; case SIOCSMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; if (data->reg_num & ~(0x1F)) return -EFAULT; spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2