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/natsemi.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/natsemi.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c index b52e5d98a3b..b2722c44337 100644 --- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c +++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c @@ -3075,8 +3075,6 @@ static int netdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd) return 0; case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */ - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; if (dev->if_port == PORT_TP) { if ((data->phy_id & 0x1f) == np->phy_addr_external) { if ((data->reg_num & 0x1f) == MII_ADVERTISE) -- cgit v1.2.3