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/amd8111e.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/amd8111e.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c index 98b5f46..4e6359f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c +++ b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c @@ -1524,9 +1524,6 @@ static int amd8111e_ioctl(struct net_device * dev , struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd) int err; u32 mii_regval; - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; - switch(cmd) { case SIOCGMIIPHY: data->phy_id = lp->ext_phy_addr; -- cgit v1.1