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/yellowfin.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/yellowfin.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c index 4987040..40ad0de 100644 --- a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c +++ b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c @@ -1365,8 +1365,6 @@ 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 (data->phy_id == np->phys[0]) { u16 value = data->val_in; switch (data->reg_num) { -- cgit v1.1